Thermo-electric air conditioner for automobiles

• US 3,302,414 A
• Filed: 07/14/1965
• Issued: 02/07/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/1965
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Gustav H. Sudmeier
• Original Assignee: Gustav H. Sudmeier
• Inventors: Sudmeier, Gustav H.
• Application Number:
  US04/471,924
• Time in Patent Office: 573 Days
• US Class Current: 62/3.61
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/00478 Air-conditioning devices using the Peltier effect for air-conditioning in general F24F5/0042; for refrigeration F25B21/02; electric devices exhibiting the Peltier effect H10N10/00
• CPC Class Codes: F25B 21/04 reversible

Claims

1. A THERMO-ELECTRIC TEMPERATURE-CONTROL STRUCTURE, COMPRISING:

A PLURALITY OF THERMO-ELECTRIC CELLS FOR RECEIVING ELECTRICAL ENERGY TO PRODUCE A TEMPERATURE DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN A FIRST EXTERIOR SURFACE AND AN OPPOSED SECOND EXTERIOR SURFACE;

CLAMPING MEANS INCLUDING A PAIR OF PARALLEL CLAMP PLATES TO HOLD SAID CELLS IN CLAMPED ALIGNMENT WITH SAID EXTERIOR SURFACES THEREOF CONTIGUOUS SAID INTERIOR SURFACES OF SAID PARALLEL CLAMP PLATES;

A PAIR OF ELONGATE OPEN CHANNEL MEANS IN FACED RELATIONSHIP WHEREBY TO DEFINE A SPACE THEREBETWEEN, SAID CHANNEL MEANS EACH ENGAGEABLY RECEIVING ONE OF SAID CLAMP PLATES WHEREBY TO CONTAIN SAID CELLS AND SAID CLAMPING MEANS WITHIN SAID SPACE;

AND AN INSULATING BODY OF RESILIENT FOAM MATERIAL LAID WITH METAL FOIL ENCIRCLING SAID CHANNEL MEANS TO CLOSE SAID STRUCTURE.