Heating system, in particular for motor vehicles, with an internal combustion engine and a heater
AssigneeJ. Eberspacher
InventorMartin Kroner
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Abstract
A heating system, in particular for motor vehicles, which utilizes waste heat of an internal combustion engine and has a heater that can be operated with liquid fuel for generating heat independently of the operation of the internal combustion engine or in addition to the waste heat of the engine, wherein the heater is associated with an oil storage space of the internal combustion engine. The heater is arranged with its direction of principal extension essentially in parallel to the axis of the crankshaft and eccentrically, mainly in the oil pan of the internal combustion engine.
Claims3
A heating system for use with internal combustion engines and a heater operated with liquid fuel for generating heat independently of the operation of the internal combustion engine and in addition to the waste heat of the internal combustion engine, the internal combustion engine having an oil storage space and defining a crank shaft axis, comprising a heater body extending substantially in one direction positioned in parallel to said crank shaft axis and disposed essentrically with respect to said crank shaft axis substantially in said storage space of the internal combustion engine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.