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US 10,927,735 B2Granted
Connector for a heatable fluid duct, in particular of an SCR system or a water injection system
AssigneeHutchinson
InventorsAngelo Mario Adamo Albonico, Robert Maslanka, Grzegorz Trojanowski, Bartosz Witkowski, Roberto Bertalmio
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Abstract
A connector includes a thermally conductive body defining a passage for a fluid to flow through a duct and configured with an electric heating apparatus situated around the passage. A clip is situated around a portion of the body including one or more snap-in receptacles situated peripherally with respect to the body and configured to fit an electric connection of the electric heating apparatus.
Claims24
A connector for a heatable fluid duct of an SCR system or a water injection system;
- said connector comprising:
- a thermally conductive body defining a passage for a fluid to flow through said duct;
- an electric heater situated on at least a portion of said body around said passage;
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- a clip mounted around a portion of said body and comprising at least one receptacle situated peripherally with respect to said body and comprising a substantially C-shaped channel;
- said clip having a central hollow portion comprising a substantially C-shaped channel clipped around said body;
- wherein said receptacle engages in a snap-in manner an electrically thermo-shrinkable insulating sleeve, wherein the sleeve embeds and protects an electric connection of said electric heater;
- said connection comprising two terminal ends of conductive wires joined together.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.