Exhaust gas heater
AssigneePurem GmbH
InventorsJürgen Häberle, Arnulf Spieth, Jochen Hammer, Fabian Frobenius
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Abstract
An exhaust gas heater for an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine includes a carrier arrangement and a heat conductor arrangement which is carried on the carrier arrangement and which has at least one heat conductor through which current flows. At least one heat conductor is carried with respect to the carrier arrangement via at least one carrier arrangement support unit in an electrically insulated manner. At least one carrier arrangement support unit includes a carrier arrangement support element having a curved support face.
Claims13
An exhaust gas heater for an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine, the exhaust gas heater comprising:
- a carrier arrangement and a heat conductor arrangement carried on said carrier arrangement;
- said heat conductor arrangement having at least one heat conductor for conducting a current flow therethrough;
- at least one carrier arrangement support unit carrying said at least one heat conductor in an electrically insulating manner with respect to said carrier arrangement;
- and,
- said carrier arrangement support unit including at least one carrier arrangement support element having a curved support face.
An exhaust gas heater for an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine, the exhaust gas heater comprising:
- a carrier arrangement and a heat conductor arrangement carried on said carrier arrangement;
- said heat conductor arrangement having at least one heat conductor for conducting a current flow therethrough;
- at least one carrier arrangement support unit carrying said at least one heat conductor in an electrically insulating manner with respect to said carrier arrangement;
- and,
- said at least one carrier arrangement support unit including a first carrier arrangement support element having a convex-curved first support face and a second carrier arrangement support element having a second support face supported on said first support face and being curved in a concave manner.
An exhaust gas system for an internal combustion engine, the exhaust gas system comprising:
- an exhaust gas heater including:
- a carrier arrangement and a heat conductor arrangement carried on said carrier arrangement;
- said heat conductor arrangement having at least one heat conductor for conducting a current flow therethrough;
- at least one carrier arrangement support unit carrying said at least one heat conductor in an electrically insulating manner with respect to said carrier arrangement;
- and,
- said carrier arrangement support unit including at least one carrier arrangement support element having a curved support face.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.