Patents by Inventor Norman C. Miller

Norman C. Miller has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Bonded electrical contact for thermoelectric semiconductor element
    Patent number: 3988171
    Abstract: A bonded electrical contact and method for a thermoelectric element. A thin layer of a ductile diffusion barrier, which is non-poisonous to thermoelectric materials, such as iron, tungsten, molybdenum, or niobium, is disposed between the thermoelectric material and a contacting shoe, such as stainless steel, which has poisonous alloy constituents. The thermal expansion coefficient of the diffusion barrier, which does not match that of the thermoelectric material, is overridden by that of the shoe, whose coefficient does correspond with that of such high expansion thermoelectrics as the telluriden.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1974
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1976
    Assignee: Rockwell International Corporation
    Inventors: Norman C. Miller, Richard C. Saunders