Heater for installation on the floor or in the side walls of a motor vehicle
AssigneeSueddeutsche Kuehlerfabrik Julius Fr. Behr GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsKurt Dietzsch, Hans-Dieter Oess
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Abstract
Disclosed is a heater for installation on the floor or in the side walls of a motor vehicle. The heater installation comprises a first rigid plate and a second rigid plate which is firmly joined to the first rigid plate. One plate comprises a plastic material. In addition, a channel for a liquid medium is disposed between the plates and has at least one indentation therein. The heater also has an inflow pipe and an outflow pipe, wherein the channel extends from the inflow pipe to the outflow pipe.
Claims19
A heater installed on the floor or in one side wall of a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle having an engine cooled by a coolant system utilizing a circulating liquid cooling medium, comprising:
- a generally flat heater unit including:
- a first rigid plate comprising a layer of light-weight sheet metal having a layer of plastic material on at least one surface thereof;
- a second rigid plate comprised of a plastic material firmly joined to the surface of the first rigid plate on which said layer of plastic material is located;
- at least one channel for a liquid medium, disposed between the plates and including at least one indentation in said second plate;
- means, including an inflow pipe connected to said heater unit, for supplying the heater unit with coolant from the cooling system of the engine;
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- means, including an outflow pipe connected to said heater unit, for returning cooling medium to the cooling system of the engine, wherein the channel extends from the inflow pipe to the outflow pipe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.