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1.发明授权公开(公告)号：US11616184B2
公开(公告)日：2023-03-28
申请号：US16120125
申请日：2018-08-31
发明人： Michael S. Strano , Anton Lee Cottrill , Sayalee Girish Mahajan , Tianxiang Liu , Volodymyr B. Koman
摘要： The present disclosure is directed to materials, devices, and methods for resonant ambient thermal energy harvesting. Thermal energy can be harvested using thermoelectric resonators that capture and store ambient thermal fluctuations and convert the fluctuations to energy. The resonators can include non-linear heat transfer elements, such as thermal diodes, to enhance their performance. Incorporation of thermal diodes can allow for a dynamic rectification of temperature fluctuations into a single polarity temperature difference across a heat engine for power extraction, as compared to the dual polarity nature of the output voltage of linear thermal resonators, which typically necessitates electrical rectification to be routed to an entity for energy storage. In some embodiments, the thermal diode can be applied to transient energy harvesting to construct thermal diode bridges. Methods for constructing such devices, and using such devices, are also provided.
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公开(公告)号：US20220236048A1
公开(公告)日：2022-07-28
申请号：US17717683
申请日：2022-04-11
发明人： Daniel DÖRING , Rolf HEIDEMANN , Martin OSSIG , Gerrit HILLEBRAND
摘要： A handheld device has a projector that projects a pattern of light onto an object, a first camera that captures the projected pattern of light in first images, a second camera that captures the projected pattern of light in second images, a registration camera that captures a succession of third images, one or more processors that determines three-dimensional (3D) coordinates of points on the object based at least in part on the projected pattern, the first images, and the second images, the one or more processors being further operable to register the determined 3D coordinates based at least in part on common features extracted from the succession of third images, and a mobile computing device operably connected to the handheld device and cooperating with the one or more processors, the mobile computing device operable to display the registered 3D coordinates of points.
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公开(公告)号：US11300400B2
公开(公告)日：2022-04-12
申请号：US17147925
申请日：2021-01-13
发明人： Daniel Döring , Rolf Heidemann , Martin Ossig , Gerrit Hillebrand
摘要： A system and method of determining three-dimensional coordinates is provided. The method includes, with a projector, projecting onto an object a projection pattern that includes collection of object spots. With a first camera, a first image is captured that includes first-image spots. With a second camera, a second image is captured that includes second-image spots. Each first-image spot is divided into first-image spot rows. Each second-image spot is divided into second-image spot rows. Central values are determined for each first-image and second-image spot row. A correspondence is determined among first-image and second-image spot rows, the corresponding first-image and second-image spot rows being a spot-row image pair. Tach spot-row image pair having a corresponding object spot row on the object. Three-dimensional (3D) coordinates of each object spot row are determined on the central values of the corresponding spot-row image pairs. The 3D coordinates of the object spot rows are stored.
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公开(公告)号：US20220061187A1
公开(公告)日：2022-02-24
申请号：US16997497
申请日：2020-08-19
申请人： Baidu USA LLC
发明人： Shuai SHAO , Tianyi GAO
摘要： According to one embodiment, a hybrid cooling system includes a cold plate that is arranged to mount on an IT component that is mounted on a piece of IT equipment, the cold plate is arranged to receive coolant via a supply line and to return warmed coolant via a return line, the warmed coolant is produced by the cold plate when the cold plate is in contact with the IT component and heat generated by the IT component is transferred into the coolant by the cold plate; a TEC element that is arranged to couple to the IT component; and a heat sink that includes a base that is arranged to couple to the TEC element and one or more fins, the TEC element is configured to transfer at least a portion of the heat generated by the IT component into the one or more fins of the heat sink.
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公开(公告)号：US11245061B2
公开(公告)日：2022-02-08
申请号：US16555100
申请日：2019-08-29
发明人： Seungjun Chung , Phillip Lee , Min Park , Sang-Soo Lee , Heesuk Kim , Jeong Gon Son , Jong Hyuk Park , Tae Ann Kim , Seongkwon Hwang , Inho Jeong
摘要： Disclosed is a thermoelectric device in which a separate interlayer is inserted between a thermoelectric leg and an electrode to reduce the contact resistance between the thermoelectric leg and the electrode, so that the interlayer serves as a tunneling path between the thermoelectric leg and the electrode, facilitating the charge movements between the two materials. The thermoelectric device according to an embodiment includes a substrate; at least one thermoelectric leg positioned on the substrate; an interlayer positioned on each thermoelectric leg of the at least one thermoelectric leg and including a plurality of interlayer materials that are chemically bonded with a respective thermoelectric leg; and an electrode positioned on each interlayer and electrically connected to the respective thermoelectric leg, wherein the plurality of interlayer materials of each respective interlayer is arranged in a shape of a brush.
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6.发明授权公开(公告)号：US11139423B2
公开(公告)日：2021-10-05
申请号：US16780898
申请日：2020-02-03
发明人： Clark D Boyd
摘要： A method for forming a unique, environmentally-friendly energy harvesting element is provided. A configuration of the energy harvesting element causes the energy harvesting element to autonomously generate renewable energy for use in electronic systems, electronic devices and electronic system components. The energy harvesting element includes a first conductor layer, a low work function layer, a dielectric layer, and a second conductor layer that are particularly configured in a manner to promote electron migration from the low work function layer, through the dielectric layer, to the facing surface of the second conductor layer in a manner that develops an electric potential between the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer. An energy harvesting component is also provided that includes a plurality of energy harvesting elements electrically connected to one another to increase a power output of the electric harvesting component.
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公开(公告)号：US20210265551A1
公开(公告)日：2021-08-26
申请号：US16305753
申请日：2018-11-09
发明人： Kyea Kwang LEE , Young Jun LEE
摘要： The present inventive concept relates to a thermocouple connector and a manufacturing method of the same, the manufacturing method including forming connector pins, covering the connector pins using a glass material, the sensor electrodes including a positive sensor electrode and a negative sensor electrode respectively connected to the positive terminal and the negative terminal, the positive sensor electrode being the chromel and the negative terminal being the alumel, placing the connector pins in a center of a surrounding sealing material having a hole, filling liquid ceramic material into a space of the surrounding sealing material through the hole, sealing the hole, and solidifying the liquid ceramic material. According to the present inventive concept, the connector pin is provided by using the same kind of material as a material of the thermocouple sensor, whereby output voltage error is minimized and output voltage change due to long-term use is low.
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公开(公告)号：US20210255045A1
公开(公告)日：2021-08-19
申请号：US17271534
申请日：2019-08-30
摘要： A temperature measurement device includes: a temperature sensor designed to measure a temperature, a thermo-generator forming, with the temperature sensor, what is known as a measurement surface, the thermo-generator being configured to convert thermal energy of the measurement surface into electrical energy, and the sensor being designed to measure a temperature of a sample in contact with the measurement surface, and an electronic board designed to receive the electrical energy converted by the thermo-generator and supply the temperature sensor, the device including the electronic board is positioned a non-zero distance away from the measurement surface in a direction perpendicular to the measurement surface.
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公开(公告)号：US11075331B2
公开(公告)日：2021-07-27
申请号：US16377134
申请日：2019-04-05
发明人： Werner Bück
摘要： A thermoelectric device includes a thermally conductive first plate and at least one thermoelectric sub-assembly. The first plate has a layer with a plurality of electrically conductive first portions and a plurality of electrically insulating second portions separating the first portions from one another. The at least one thermoelectric sub-assembly includes a thermally conductive second plate and a plurality of thermoelectric elements in a region between the first plate and the second plate. The plurality of thermoelectric elements is in electrical communication with the plurality of electrically conductive portions of the first plate, in electrical communication with electrically conductive portions of the second plate, and in thermal communication with the first plate and the second plate. The plurality of electrically insulating second portions includes a plurality of segments at least partially outside the region, the segments configured to avoid degradation of a structural rigidity of the first plate.
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公开(公告)号：US10991869B2
公开(公告)日：2021-04-27
申请号：US16377091
申请日：2019-04-05
发明人： Vladimir Jovovic , Eric Poliquin
摘要： A thermoelectric device includes a thermally conductive first plate and at least one thermoelectric sub-assembly comprises a thermally conductive second plate and a plurality of thermoelectric elements in a region between the first plate and the second plate. The at least one thermoelectric sub-assembly further includes a first material along a first portion of a perimeter of the region and having a first stiffness and a second material along a second portion of the perimeter of the region and having a second stiffness less than the first stiffness.
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