Patent ID: 9296276
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: B60H,F24H,H05B

Claim Text:
1. An electric heater for an automobile vehicle, the electric heater comprising: an electronic controller; and a heat transmitting net comprising: wherein at least one PTC-heating element and at least one distance element is arranged between two adjacent contact sheets, wherein the PTC-heating elements and the distance elements between the adjacent contact sheets and the adjacent contact sheets themselves form a heating element, wherein the heating elements are connected to the electronic controller through connectors that are arranged at the electronic controller and are connected to a power supply, wherein the heat transmitting net is divided into a first area, which contains only distance elements, and into a second area, which contains PTC-heating elements and/or distance elements, and wherein the first area is arranged at a first end of the heat transmitting net that is closest to the electronic controller, and the second area is arranged adjacent to the first area and extends to a second end of the heat transmitting net that is opposite the first end of the heat transmitting net, such that the second area is positioned farther away from the electronic controller than the first area.