# US 6,723,966 B2 · PTC heater

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- Number: US 6,723,966 B2
- Document ID: US6723966B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 10/074,029
- Filed: 2002-02-14
- Published: 2003-01-23
- Granted: 2004-04-20
- Earliest claimed: 2001-07-18
- Assignees: Guangquan Zhang
- Inventors: Guomo Jiang
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US6723966B2

## CPC

- F24H 9/1872: {PTC resistor}
- F24H 9/1863: Arrangement or mounting of electric heating means
- H05B 3/141: {Conductive ceramics, e.g. metal oxides, metal carbides, barium titanate, ferrites, zirconia, vitrous compounds}
- H05B 3/50: heating conductor arranged in metal tubes, the radiating surface having heat-conducting fins
- H05B 2203/02: Heaters using heating elements having a positive temperature coefficient
- F24H: FLUID HEATERS, e.g. WATER OR AIR HEATERS, HAVING HEAT-GENERATING MEANS, e.g. HEAT PUMPS, IN GENERAL (steam generation F22)
- H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL

## Abstract

A PTC heater mainly comprises PTC ceramic sheets and cooling fins, and it comprises an inner support in which the PTC sheets are disposed, two electrode plates being disposed on both sides of the support and the PTC sheets to abut against the PTC sheets tightly, the cooling fins being disposed at the exterior of the electrode plates, insulating plates being mounted between the cooling fins and the electrode plate, in the interior of upper and lower ends of the two cooling fins, corresponding clamping grooves being formed through which the two cooling fins are clamped together, and elastic rods being inserted in the clamping grooves.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A PTC heater which mainly comprises PTC ceramic sheets and cooling fins, wherein it comprising an inner support (10) in which the PTC sheets (4) are disposed, two electrode plates (9, 13) being disposed on both sides of the support (10) and the PTC sheets (4) to abut against the PTC sheets (4) tightly, the cooling fins (1, 8) being disposed at the exterior of the electrode plates, insulating plates (3, 12) being mounted between the cooling fins and the electrode plates, in the interior of upper and lower ends of the cooling fins (1, 8), corresponding clamping grooves (2) being formed through which the cooling fins (1, 8) are clamped together, and elastic rods (7) being inserted in the clamping grooves (2).

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A PTC heater as claimed in claim 1, wherein corresponding openings shaped as the PTC sheets (4) are formed on the support (10), the PTC sheets (4) are placed in the openings on the support (10).

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A PTC heater as claimed in claim 1, wherein the support (10) is formed of several connecting parts.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A PTC heater as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cooling fins (1, 8) are ultra-thin cooling fins.