Patent ID: 6089465
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: B60H,F24H

Abstract:
Heater for a motor vehicle comprising a burner in a combustion chamber which is surrounded by a generally pot-shaped heat exchanger made of generally pot-shaped die cast inner and outer parts between which an intermediate space is formed through which a heat exchange medium flows, and an exhaust outlet for discharging combustion gases emerging from the combustion chamber via an exhaust outlet connection; wherein a ring is formed on an edge of the inner part at an open end thereof, said ring being spaced apart from an outer side of a peripheral wall of the inner part and projecting in a direction toward a closed bottom of the inner part; wherein said intermediate space continues from between the peripheral wall of the inner part and a peripheral wall of the outer part to between the peripheral wall of the inner part and an inner peripheral wall of the ring, an end of said ring sealingly engaging an end of the peripheral wall of the outer part; and wherein the exhaust outlet connection penetrates the ring, the intermediate space and the inner part.