US Patent Issued to University of Washington on July 21 for "Additively manufacturable and stretchable thermoelectric devices" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,388, issued on July 21, was assigned to University of Washington (Seattle).

"Additively manufacturable and stretchable thermoelectric devices" was invented by Mohammad Malakooti (Seattle) and Youngshang Han (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of fabricating a wearable and elastically stretchable thermoelectric generator or other thermoelectric device can involve arranging thermoelectric pellets and printing a thermal insulation material alongside and/or around the thermoelectric pellets to form a core layer. The core layer can be cured, and a liquid metal can be selectively deposited on the thermoelectric pellets to form...