US Patent Issued to Mitsubishi Materials on Oct. 20 for "Laminated thermoelectric conversion element and method for manufacturing same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,733, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (Tokyo).

"Laminated thermoelectric conversion element and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Takuya Matsunaga (Saitama, Japan) and Toshiaki Fujita (Naka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a laminated thermoelectric conversion element that improves power generation performance per unit area. A first laminate in which a P-type layer formed of a P-type thermoelectric conversion material, an N-type layer formed of an N-type thermoelectric conversion material, and a first insulating layer disposed between the P-type layer and the N-type layer are...