Patent ID: 9487062
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: B60H,F24H,F28D

Claim Text:
1. A heater system for a motor vehicle comprising: an electric vehicle void of engine coolant; an air duct having an opening into a passenger compartment of the electric vehicle; a heater unit attached to said air duct, said heater unit having a plurality of heater elements and a self-contained quantity of oil within an oil reservoir, each of said plurality of heater elements having an oil channel located between a front wall and a back wall of each of said plurality of heater elements and in fluid communication with said oil reservoir, said heater unit also having a electric heating element at least partially within said oil reservoir, said electric heating element operable to heat oil in said oil reservoir and result in said oil flowing through each oil channel and heating said front wall and said back wall of each of aid plurality of heating elements, said oil flowing through each oil channel flowing back to said oil reservoir upon cooling; a fan in fluid communication with said duct, said fan generally spanning across a length of all of said plurality of heater elements and operable to force air through said duct and over said front wall of each of said plurality of heater elements; and an air conditioning unit in fluid communication with said duct and operable to provide cooled air to be forced over said front wall of each of said plurality of heater elements.