Heating device and method for manufacturing same
AssigneeJENOPTIK Advanced Systems GmbH
InventorsKlaus Seidler, Ulf-Dieter Ulken
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a heating device for an aircraft interior. The heating device has a mechanically loadable support structure, a mechanically loadable and thermally conductive outer structure, and a heater for converting electrical energy into thermal energy, wherein the heater is arranged between the support structure and the outer structure and has a heating layer composed of a resistance material with a positive temperature coefficient.
Claims14
A heating device for an aircraft interior, having the following features:
- a mechanically loadable support structure;
- a mechanically loadable and thermally conductive outer structure;
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- a heater for converting electrical energy into thermal energy, wherein the heater is arranged between the support structure and the outer structure and has a heating layer composed of a resistance material with a positive temperature coefficient,
- wherein the heating layer has perforations at least regionally,
- wherein, as a result of the perforations, there are provided fillable cavities between the support structure and the outer structure,
- wherein the heating layer includes conductor tracks and wherein the perforations are provided between the conductor tracks, and
- wherein adhesive is provided in the fillable cavities provided by the perforations, such that the fillable cavities are completely filled with the adhesive.
A method for producing a heating device for an aircraft interior, wherein the method has the following steps:
- provision of a mechanically loadable support structure and a mechanically loadable and thermally conductive outer structure;
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- arrangement of a heater, serving for converting electrical energy into thermal energy, between the support structure and the outer structure, wherein the heater has a heating layer composed of a resistance material with a positive temperature coefficient,
- wherein the heating layer has perforations at least regionally,
- wherein, as a result of the perforations, there are provided fillable cavities between the support structure and the outer structure,
- wherein the heating layer includes conductor tracks and wherein the perforations are provided between the conductor tracks, and
- wherein adhesive is provided in the fillable cavities provided by the perforations, such that the fillable cavities are completely filled with the adhesive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.