Patent · US Expired

Heating device for an automobile especially a water heating device in the form of a backup heater or auxiliary heater

US6695037B1 · kind B1 · utility

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8References

12Claims

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Assignee

J. Eberspaecher GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Michael Humburg · Göppingen, DE
Hermann Eppler · Balingen, DE
Paul Achatz · Mannheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 19, 2001
Grant date	Feb 24, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 19, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60H2001/2278
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A heater of a motor vehicle is provided which is operated with liquid fuel. The heater is especially a water heater in the form of an auxiliary heater or parking heater. The heater has a burner and heat exchanger in a housing with a cover, in which the connecting branches for the water feed and air feed and for the water return and the air return are arranged. At least one of the connecting branches is designed as a rotatable elbow branch (rotatable elbow socket). An antirotation lock may be provided for easy individual line guidance requiring little space in the automobile.

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