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EP 1457743 B1 20131225 - Electric heater,esp. for a vehicle

Title (en)

Electric heater,esp. for a vehicle

Title (de)

Elektrische Heizeinrichtung, insbesondere für ein Kraftfahrzeug

Title (fr)

Réchauffeur électrique, spécialement pour une voiture

Publication

EP 1457743 B1 20131225 (DE)

Application

EP 03290621 A 20030312

Priority

EP 03290621 A 20030312

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1457743A1] The vehicle heater has PTC elements set in a heating block with sinusoidal ribs for heat exchange and has elongated parallel- sided aluminum contact strips with one narrow end (13) covered with tin (15). There is a small round hole (14) in the narrow tinned end of the strip. There are transversely-extending slits in the ends of the parallel- sided contact strips.

IPC 8 full level

F24H 3/04 (2006.01); F24H 9/18 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

F24H 3/0429 (2013.01); F24H 3/0435 (2013.01); F24H 3/0447 (2013.01); F24H 9/1863 (2013.01); F24H 9/1872 (2013.01); F24H 3/0405 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1457743 A1 20040915; EP 1457743 B1 20131225

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 03290621 A 20030312