ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,777,847, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to NITTO DENKO Corp. (Ibaraki, Japan).

"Thermoelectric conversion element and method for manufacturing thermoelectric conversion element" was invented by Hirokazu Tanaka (Ibaraki, Japan) and Yosuke Nakanishi (Ibaraki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermoelectric conversion element includes a thermoelectric conversion portion, a connection portion, and an extension portion. The thermoelectric conversion portion, which includes an electroconductive magnetic body having ferromagnetism or antiferromagnetism and exhibiting an anomalous Nernst effect, linearly extends. The connection portion in...