Patent · US Expired

Apparatus and method for separating fluid flows in a heating device

US7504606B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15Claims

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Assignees

Eichenauer Heizelemente GmbH & Co. KG · DE
BERU Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Andreas Hamburger · Germersheim, DE
Christian Dorrie · Herxheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 3, 2005
Grant date	Mar 17, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 24, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60H2001/00135
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for separating fluid flows in a heating device, particularly for heating the interior of a motor vehicle is proposed, the heating device having at least one heater equipped with a plurality of lamellar heat emission or delivery elements. In order to ensure an easy, inexpensive separation of several fluid flows and in particular also downstream of the heater equipped with the lamellar heat emission elements, according to the invention a substantially plate-shaped separator is provided having an opening with a contour adapted for the pushing of the separator onto the heater equipped with the lamellar heat emission elements. The invention also relates to a method for separating several fluid flows in a heating device of the aforementioned type.

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