Abstract: A cooling and heating cup holder includes a holder body having a container shape, formed of a thermally conductive material, having a substantially uniform thickness, and having a contact portion pressed from an inner side to integrally protrude outward from one side surface thereof and having a contact surface forming a predetermined plane; a Peltier element including an operation surface and a heat radiating portion having an opposite row opposite to the operation surface and installed such that the operation surface is directly attached to the contact surface at an outer side of the holder body to transfer heat to the contact surface; and an air conditioner including a heat radiating duct in which the heat radiating portion of the Peltier element is buried and a blowing fan for blowing out air at one side of the heat radiating duct.

Abstract: A thermo-electric device heat exchanger may include a plate part including a plurality of cooling tubes and a plurality of heat radiation tubes alternately disposed with respect to each other, a cooling inflowing tank and a cooling discharging tank connected to an inlet and an outlet of a cooling tube in the plurality of cooling tubes, a heat radiation inflowing tank and a heat radiation discharging tank connected to an inlet and an outlet of a heat radiation tube in the plurality of radiation tubes, and a thermoelectric element having a cooling surface and a heat radiation surface and disposed between the cooling tube and the heat radiation tube. The cooling surface may be attached to the cooling tube and the heat radiation surface may be attached to the heat radiation tube.

Abstract: A battery system may include a plurality of unit batteries each having a panel shape and stacked in series. The system may also include a plurality of heat conduction plates each having a panel shape and inserted between the unit batteries such that a first part of each respective heat conduction plate is inserted between opposing faces of corresponding unit batteries, with upper and lower faces of each respective heat conduction plate being in contact with the opposing faces of the corresponding unit batteries, and a second part of each respective heat conduction plate is exposed to an outside of the stacked unit batteries. The system may further include at least one heat pipe thermally coupling the plurality of heat conduction plates by successively penetrating the exposed second parts of the heat conduction plates, with an end of the heat pipe being thermally coupled to a heat radiator after penetrating a last heat conduction plate.

Abstract: A cooling and heating cup holder may include a plurality of holder bodies having a container shape, a plurality of thermoelectric elements each provided to sides of the plurality of holder bodies, a heat dissipating part installed to be thermally connected to a heat dissipating surface of the plurality of thermoelectric elements, a housing embedding the heat dissipating part and having an air inlet formed at an upper portion thereof, and a blower being embedded in the housing and positioned at an upper portion or a lower portion of the heat dissipating part to allow the air discharged from a bent part and introduced through the air inlet to be heat-exchanged.

Abstract: A heat exchanger having a thermoelectric element. A heat-generating pack defines therein a circulation space, and has a passage in an upper portion of one end and a passage in the lower portion of the opposite end. A heat-absorbing pack defines therein a circulation space, and has a passage in the lower portion of one end and a passage in the upper portion of the opposite end. The heat-generating pack and the heat-absorbing pack are stacked on each other. The thermoelectric element is disposed between the heat-generating pack and the heat-absorbing pack, and has a heat-generating surface adjoining the heat-generating pack and a heat-absorbing surface adjoining the heat-absorbing pack.

Abstract: A battery system is disclosed, including: an airtight housing; a plurality of blowers disposed on a side end of an interior of the housing configured to suction air toward a middle of the airtight housing and discharge the suctioned air to the side of the airtight housing; a battery pack unit disposed inside the airtight housing to form a plurality of rows wherein an air passageway traverses through a front portion and a rear portion of each row and is disposed at a middle of each blower to form a suction flow path and a discharging flow path; and a heat exchange device disposed on the discharging flow path in the airtight housing.

Abstract: An air conditioner of an electric vehicle includes a blower. A Peltier unit is connected to the blower unit to receive air blown therefrom, and includes Peltier devices mounted on opposite side sections. One surface of each Peltier device is oriented inward and the other surface of each Peltier device is oriented outward in order to eject cooled or heated air to respective regions. A partition is mounted between the opposite side sections of the Peltier unit to divide a space inside the Peltier unit into first and second spaces, the Peltier device mounted on one side section is contained in the first space, and the Peltier device mounted on the other side section is contained in the second space. A guide case contains the Peltier unit therein and introduces outside air. Heat exchange occurs when the air sequentially passes through the first and second spaces of the Peltier unit.

Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus for a vehicle, which includes an evaporator core and a heater core disposed on a ventilation channel overlapping each other, and thermoelectric device having a heat generating surface and a heat absorbing surface. A cooling line including a first cooling channel through which cooling water circulates around the heat absorbing surface and the evaporator core and a second cooling channel through which the cooling water circulates around the heat absorbing surface and an engine, and a heating line including a first heating channel through which the cooling water circulates around the heat generating surface and the heater core and a second heating channel through which the cooling water circulates around the engine and the heater core are also included. A controller controls concurrent circulation through the second cooling channel and the first heating channel or circulation through the second heating channel in a heating mode.

Abstract: A cup holder for a vehicle includes a holder body, a support unit, a temperature sensor, and a control unit. The holder body is configured to accommodate a cup, is provided with a thermoelectric element, is formed in a double sidewall structure, and is provided with an internal blower that is disposed in the inner space of the double sidewall structure. The support unit is configured such that the front portion thereof protrudes from the inner side of the holder body and supports a side of the cup, and is provided with an illuminant that is capable of expressing a plurality of colors and radiates light onto the cup. The temperature sensor is provided on the holder body, and measures temperature. The control unit changes the color of the illuminant of the support unit based on the measured temperature.

Abstract: Disclosed are a heat exchanger and a method of manufacturing a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger may include a plurality of three-step tubes, each having a three-layered section and each having a liquid passage at a middle portion and module insertion spaces at opposite sides of the liquid passage, a plurality of thermoelectric modules inserted into the module insertion spaces, a plurality of cooling fins coupled to an outer surface of each of the three-step tubes, and an upper tank and a lower tank coupled to an upper side and a lower side of the three-step tubes to be fluidically communicated with the liquid passages of the three-step tubes. The three-step tubes and the cooling fins may be stacked laterally with respect to each other. The three-step tubes, the cooling fins, the upper tank, and the lower tank may be brazed by a same filler material comprising a metal.

Abstract: A cup holder may include a holder body formed in a cylindrical shape, having an opened upper surface and having an installing space formed on an inner peripheral surface of the holder body and protruded from an inner side to an outer side, a lighting apparatus provided in the installing space of the holder body to thereby irradiate light toward an interior of the holder body, and a supporting mechanism elastically and rotatably installed in the installing space of the holder body to thereby support a beverage container received in the holder body and allowing light irradiated from the lighting apparatus to be directed to a bottom surface of the holder body.

Abstract: An air-conditioning system for an automotive battery includes a heat exchanger composed of a heat-absorbing pipe and a heat-discharging pipe, which partially overlap with each other, and a thermoelectric element interposed in the overlapping portion. A battery housing accommodates a battery and in which an end of the heat-absorbing pipe of the heat exchanger is inserted.

Abstract: An automobile cup holder may include a holding unit which accommodates a cup and exchanges heat with the cup, a thermoelectric element which is in contact with an outer surface of the holding unit to cool or heat the holding unit, and a bimetal which is arranged adjacent to the holding unit and connected to respective ends of a circuit of the thermoelectric element.

Abstract: A cup holder for a vehicle may include a holder body having a thermoelectric element to perform cooling and/or heating of a cup stored in the holder body and having a blower to circulate air in the holder body to enhance heat convention, a heat exchanging part provided on a heat radiating surface of the thermoelectric element to perform heat exchange, and a moisture absorption part having one end portion disposed at a lower portion of the blower of the holder body to absorb moisture and the other end portion disposed at a side of the heat exchanging part to vaporize the moisture.

Abstract: A heat exchanger apparatus with thermoelectric elements may include a heat-absorbing pipe that transfers heat from one side to another side thereof, a pair of thermoelectric elements that may be provided on the another side of the heat-absorbing pipe opposed to each other with respect to the heat-absorbing pipe, each of the thermoelectric elements having a heat-absorbing surface in contact with the heat-absorbing pipe, a pair of heat-discharging pipes, each of the heat-discharging pipes having a surface in contact with a heat-discharging surface of the respective thermoelectric element on one side thereof, and heat exchanging members provided on the one side of the heat-absorbing pipe and on another side of the heat-discharging pipes.

Abstract: A cup holder for a vehicle may include a holder body for storing a cup and having a thermoelectric element to thereby cool and heat the cup stored therein, a supporting part having a front end protruded to an inner side surface of the holder body and a rear end supported by an elastic part to thereby support a side surface of the cup when the cup is stored and having a light source capable of expressing a plurality of colors to thereby irradiate light toward the cup, a temperature sensor provided on the holder body to thereby measure a temperature thereof, and a controlling part changing a color of the light source of the supporting part in response to the measured temperature.

Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus may include an air conditioner that is provided at a rear of a rear seat in the vehicle and includes a thermoelectric element and a blower to produce conditioned air, an inlet duct that connects the air-conditioner to a passenger compartment to introduce air in the passenger compartment into the air-conditioner, an outlet duct that connects the air-conditioner to a roof above the rear seat in the passenger compartment to blow the conditioned air from the roof toward a passenger in the rear seat, and a radiator that is provided at a trunk room to radiate heat from the thermoelectric element.

Abstract: A thermoelectric module may include upper and lower panels disposed to be spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction thereof and performing heat conduction, a plurality of semiconductor elements disposed between the upper and lower panels, upper and lower electrodes disposed on inner surfaces of the upper and lower panels facing each other, respectively, and electrically connecting the plurality of semiconductor elements to each other to form a series circuit, and a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) element interposed in the series circuit.

Abstract: A heat radiator for a cup holder may include a heat pipe with an one end fixed in a surface contact with a heat radiation side of a thermoelectric element mounted on a body of the cup holder and another end being extended from the one end at least above the one end, heat radiation fins fixed in a surface contact with another end of the heat pipe, and a blower engaged to the another end of the heat pipe so as to enable the heat radiation fins to exchange heat.

Abstract: A cooling/heating cup holder includes: a pair of cup-holder bodies facing each other; a pair of thermoelectric elements disposed on the sides facing each other of the cup-holder bodies; a pair of heat radiation fins disposed at a predetermined distance from sides of the cup-holder bodies and facing each other; a heat radiation housing surrounding the heat radiation fins; a blower disposed in the heat radiation housing to enable the heat radiation fins to exchange heat; and a heat pipe thermally connecting the heat radiation fins, with one end in surface contact with the sides facing each other of the thermoelectric elements and the other end in surface contact with the heat radiation fins.