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Filter device with a heater

US8282819B2 · kind B2 · utility

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46References

12Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Alberto Parra Navarrete · Madrid, ES
Alfonso Baz · Villanueva del Arzobispo, ES
Bernhard Hager · Valderrobres, ES
Carlos J. Blasco Remacha · Azuqueca de Henares, ES
Volker Brielmann · Freiberg am Neckar, DE
Leopold Bernegger · Adnet, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 31, 2006
Grant date	Oct 9, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 31, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF02M37/30
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Disclosed is a filter device (10), particularly a liquid filter, comprising a filter element (16) that is disposed in a filter housing (12, 14) and a heater (28) for heating medium flowing through the filter device (10). The inventive filter device (10) is characterized in that the heater (28) is designed with at least one heating circuit (30) that is molded into the filter housing (12, 14). Alternatively or additionally, the heater (28) is designed with at least one heating circuit (30) which is provided with an electrical contact (34) in at least one of the final zones thereof, said electrical contact (34) being riveted to the heating circuit (28).

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