Abstract:
An apparatus for a heating device for a vehicle comprises a layer stack (101) which, in a stacking direction (105), has: a heating conductor layer (102), an electrically conductive layer (103) which forms a contact region (129), wherein a contour (110) in projection in the stacking direction (105) of the electrically conductive layer (103) is prespecified, in order to avoid the build up of heat on the electrically conductive layer (103), by at least one of: a prespecified width (112) of a front side (113) of the electrically conductive layer (103), which faces a central region (114) of the heating conductor layer (102), a prespecified distance (116) from a joint (119) of the heating conductor layer (102), and a prespecified curvature of the contour (110).
Abstract:
A method for working a first component (101) and a second component (102) comprises the following steps: providing the first component (101), which comprises a thermally sprayed electrically conductive layer (103), providing the second component (102), which comprises a longitudinally extended strip (104) of copper, which at least in a first region (112) has a thickness transversely in relation to the longitudinal direction (106) of over 0.1 millimetre, arranging the strip (104) and the layer (103) on one another such that the first region (112) of the strip (104) and the layer (103) have a common contact region (107) with one another, directing a laser beam (108) onto the contact region (107) and forming a welded connection (109), which connects the strip (104) and the layer (103) to one another.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a heating device (10) for a vehicle, comprising: a flow path (14, 16, 20, 22, 24) for a liquid heat transfer agent; an electric heating device (34) for generating heat and for releasing generated heat to the heat transfer agent on a heating portion (20) of the flow path; and an electronic controller (26) for controlling a heat output of the heating device. The controller (26) is provided with a heat releasing body in order to release waste heat of the controller (26) to the heat transfer agent on a preheating portion (16) of the flow path upstream of the heating portion (20). The invention likewise relates to a method for cooling the controller.
Abstract:
A vehicle heater (10) has a main body (12) which supports a non-intrinsically safe heat conductor layer (14), and a sensor device (16, 18, 20) assigned to the heat conductor layer (14) and provided to detect if a temperature threshold is exceeded. The sensor device (16, 18, 20) comprises a sensor layer (16) which is arranged on the side of the heat conductor layer (14) facing away from the main body (12) and which is monitored with respect to current flows that may occur substantially in the direction of the surface normal (42) of the sensor layer. In a method for producing a vehicle heater (10), a main body (12) of the vehicle heater (10) is equipped with a non-intrinsically safe heat conductor layer (14) and a sensor device (16, 18, 20) for detecting if the temperature threshold is exceeded. A sensor layer (16) is assigned to the heat conductor layer (14) on the side of the layer facing away from the main body (12) to form the sensor device (16, 18, 20) and is provided to monitor current flows which may occur substantially in the direction of the surface normal (42) of the sensor layer (16).
Abstract:
A vehicle heater (10) has a main body (12) which supports a non-intrinsically safe heat conductor layer (14), and a temperature monitoring device (16, 18, 20, 44) assigned to the heat conductor layer (14). The temperature monitoring device (16, 18, 20, 44) is designed to distinguish and report at least the three following states: normal operation, reversible malfunction, and irreversible malfunction. Moreover, a method for monitoring a vehicle heater (10) is disclosed in which the following states are distinguished and reported: normal operation, reversible malfunction, and irreversible malfunction.