Electric heating system, in particular for use as an auxiliary heating system for automobiles

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8642926
APP PUB NO 20080135536A1
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11985931

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An electric heating system, in particular an auxiliary heating system in automobiles, in which the heating system has several heating rods (1), arranged side-by-side; the heating rods (1) are connected to each other by means of alike metal plates (4) that are slid onto the heating rods (1); the heating rods (1) have for this purpose a series of slotted holes (3) that extend in the longitudinal direction (10) of the metal plates (4); the slotted holes (3) have longitudinal edges, facing each other, that clamp the heating rods (1) between them; and at least one part of the slotted holes (3) in each metal plate (4) is longer by more than the manufacturing tolerance, than the width of the heating rods (1) measured in the longitudinal direction (10) of the metal plates (4).

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BORGWARNER BERU SYSTEMS GMBHMOERIKESTRASSE 155 LUDWIGSBURG 71636

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kochems, Jürgen Ditzingen, DE 1 1
Luppold, Michael Edgar Dettenheim-Lie, DE 2 6
Merte, Rolf Heidelberg, DE 20 179

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