Patent ID: 9562458
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: B01D,F01N,Y02T

Claim:
1. An insert comprising: an insert housing at least partially enclosing an interior, the insert housing defining at least one intake for communicating a fluid into the interior; a filter insert housing having a plurality of wall sections defining at least one inlet and at least one outlet, wherein the at least one inlet is in fluid communication with the interior of the insert housing; a filter device arranged in the filter insert housing; and a heating device configured to heat the wall sections of the filter insert housing defining at least one of the at least one inlet and the at least one outlet, wherein the heating device has at least one electrical heating element positioned in the filter insert housing, such that the heating device heats a fluid inside the filter insert housing and inside the insert housing; wherein the heating device includes a plurality of heat conducting bodies, wherein at least some of the plurality of heat conducting bodies are disposed within the wall sections of the filter insert housing defining the at least one inlet and the at least one outlet, and at least one heat conducting body of the plurality of heat conducting bodies is integrated within the insert housing, wherein the plurality of heat conducting bodies are connected in a heat transferring manner with the heating element such that the plurality of heat conducting bodies distribute heat generated by the electrical heating element into the fluid inside the insert housing and inside the filter insert housing; and wherein an insulating layer is disposed on the at least one heat conducting body that is integrated within the insert housing, and wherein the insulating layer has a smaller thickness on an inner side of the at least one heat conducting body facing towards the interior than on an outer side facing away from the interior.