Patent ID: 9167629
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: B60H,F24D,F24H,H05B

Abstract:
1. An electric heater for heating a fluid in a vehicle comprising a fluid-guiding housing configured to guide fluid flowing through said fluid-guiding housing, at least one heating unit comprising a wire resistance heating element accommodated in the fluid-guiding housing, and the heating unit is configured as a tubular heating body including a tubular outer body, a heating element being embedded in said tubular outer body and being electronically contacted with a control circuit accommodated in the electronics housing, wherein a clearance is formed between the tubular outer body and the heating element, said clearance being filled with an insulator, the outer diameter of the heating element being smaller than the inner diameter of the outer body, wherein free end sections of the heating unit extend essentially radially through through-borings of the fluid-guiding housing and protrude to the electronics housing, and wherein the end sections of the heating unit are guided out of the fluid-guiding housing at an angle to a through-flow direction.