Frame for holding heating elements of an electric heater of a ventilating, heating and/or air conditioning unit
AssigneeValeo Systemes Thermiques
InventorsOlivier Colette, Frederic Pierron
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Abstract
A frame for receiving a heating element for an electric heater of a ventilating, heating and/or air conditioning unit of a vehicle, in particular. The frame is shaped in the form of a hollowed-out box whose large faces, intended to be traversed by airflow conveyed by the unit, are held at a distance from each other in order to create between them a space for receiving the heating element. The frame is made of a single part in which means for holding the heating element inside the space are located in the area of the large faces.
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A frame for receiving at least one heating element for an electric heater of a ventilating, heating and/or air conditioning unit, this frame being shaped in the form of a hollowed-out box whose large faces, intended to be traversed by airflow conveyed by the unit, are held at a distance from each other in order to create between them a space for receiving the heating element, wherein the frame is made of a single part in which means for holding the heating element inside said space are located in the area of said large faces, and characterized in that the holding means comprises at least one holding member forming a stop, which is arranged within the plane of at least one of said large faces, movement of a heating element received in said space towards the exterior of said space impeded by the holding member.
A frame for receiving at least one heating element for an electric heater of a ventilating, heating and/or air conditioning unit, this frame being shaped in the form of a hollowed-out box whose large faces, intended to be traversed by airflow conveyed by the unit, are held at a distance from each other in order to create between them a space for receiving the heating element, wherein the frame is made of a single part in which means for holding the heating element inside said space are located in the area of said large faces, and characterized in that it comprises at least one channel, arranged inside said space, for individually receiving a heating element, this channel being delimited by longitudinal partitions which run in-between said large faces.
A frame for receiving at least one heating element for an electric heater of a ventilating, heating and/or air conditioning unit, this frame being shaped in the form of a hollowed-out box whose large faces, intended to be traversed by airflow conveyed by the unit, are held at a distance from each other in order to create between them a space for receiving the heating element, wherein the frame is made of a single part in which means for holding the heating element inside said space are located in the area of said large faces, and characterized in that at least one locking member adapted to engage a heating element received in said space is integrated with the frame.
A frame for receiving at least one heating element for an electric heater of a ventilating, heating and/or air conditioning unit, this frame being shaped in the form of a hollowed-out box whose large faces, intended to be traversed by airflow conveyed by the unit, are held at a distance from each other in order to create between them a space for receiving the heating element, wherein the frame is made of a single part in which means for holding the heating element inside said space are located in the area of said large faces, and characterized in that at least one elastic longitudinal support member adapted to engage a heating element received inside said space is integrated with the frame.
A frame for receiving at least one heating element for an electric heater of a ventilating, heating and/or air conditioning unit, this frame being shaped in the form of a hollowed-out box whose large faces, intended to be traversed by airflow conveyed by the unit, are held at a distance from each other in order to create between them a space for receiving the heating element, wherein the frame is made of a single part in which means for holding the heating element inside said space are located in the area of said large faces, and characterized in that it incorporates means for individually integrating a plurality of heating elements.
An electric heater for a heating, ventilating and/or air conditioning unit, characterized in that it includes a frame for receiving at least one heating element for an electric heater of a ventilating, heating and/or air conditioning unit, this frame being shaped in the form of a hollowed-out box whose large faces, intended to be traversed by airflow conveyed by the unit, are held at a distance from each other in order to create between them a space for receiving the heating element, wherein the frame is made of a single part in which means for holding the heating element inside said space are located in the area of said large faces.
A method for assembling an electric heater, characterized in that it includes at least the steps of:
- a) inserting at least one heating element into an interior space for receiving a heating element, through a passage in one side wall of a frame,
- b) sliding the heating element between means for holding the heating element inside the receiving space of the frame, which are located in the area of said large faces of the latter,
- c) bringing the heating element to bear against an elastic member and locking it in position via cooperation between a relief surface of the heating element and a locking member of the frame,
- d) installing a coupling connector on the frame via nesting, and connecting the heating element to this coupling connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.