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US 9,791,086 B2Granted
At least partially heatable line-connector for a heatable media line, and an assembled media line comprising such a line-connector
AssigneeVOSS Automotive GmbH
InventorsDaniel De Beer, Reinhard Plietsch, Günter Sieper, Otfried Schwarzkopf
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Abstract
An at least partially heatable line-connector for a media line which can be heated, the line-connector at least partially including a thermally-conductive or thermally-conducting material, with a heating system and/or heating elements being associated outside the body of the line-connector. An assembled media line with at least one heatable media line is provided with at least one such at least partially heatable line-connector.
Claims21
An at least partially heatable pipeline connector for a heatable media pipeline, wherein the pipeline connector comprises:
- a thermally conductive or heat-conducting material, wherein a heating system and/or heating elements are assigned outside of a body of the pipeline connector, wherein the pipeline connector has a through opening for conveyance of a medium through the pipeline connector, wherein the thermally conductive or heat-conductive material is present in a first region of the through opening, wherein a second region of the pipeline connector does not consist of the thermally conductive or heat-conducting material, wherein no heating elements are provided in the body of the pipeline connector, wherein the pipeline connector comprises at least one guide apparatus on an external surface of the pipeline connector for fixing or guiding a heating element on the pipeline connector, wherein the pipeline connector further comprises an insulating apparatus at least partially surrounding the pipeline connector for thermal insulation incorporating at least one air volume for thermal insulation, wherein the thermally conductive material is a thermally conductive plastic, wherein the thermally conductive plastic has a thermal conductivity of 1 to 20 W/(m·K), and wherein the pipeline connector is constructed as one part having multiple permanently connected components including the first region as one component and the second region as a second component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.