Flow heater for automobiles
AssigneeBorgWarner Ludwigsburg GmbH
InventorJohannes Hasenkamp
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Abstract
Disclosed is a flow heater for automobiles. The flow heater has a metal housing surrounding a housing interior and a flow channel configured for liquid to be heated is disposed in the housing interior and extends from a liquid inlet to a liquid outlet. A heating resistor is arranged in the housing interior and is configured to heat liquid flowing from the liquid inlet to the liquid outlet. A wall separates the flow channel from a dry part of the housing interior, and control electronics are arranged in the dry part of the housing interior. A metal housing cover is provided that has a peripheral groove into which the metal housing engages. The peripheral groove contains adhesive that bonds the housing cover to the metal housing.
Claims10
A flow heater for automobiles, comprising:
- a metal housing surrounding a housing interior;
- a flow channel configured for liquid to be heated disposed in the housing interior and extending from a liquid inlet to a liquid outlet;
- a heating resistor arranged in the housing interior and configured to heat liquid flowing from the liquid inlet to the liquid outlet;
- a wall separating the flow channel from a dry part of the housing interior;
- control electronics arranged in the dry part of the housing interior;
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- the metal housing having a peripheral groove into which a metal housing cover engages, the peripheral groove containing adhesive that bonds the housing cover to the metal housing and wherein a wall of the peripheral groove of the metal housing and/or the housing cover has clamping ribs that establish an electrical contact between the metal housing and the housing cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.