Patent ID: 6695037
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: B60H,F24H

Abstract:
A motor vehicle liquid fuel operated fluid heater cover assembly, comprising:a cover with a first connecting branch opening and a second connecting branch opening with a peripheral outer connecting branch seat; and connecting branches for a fluid feed and fluid return, one of said connecting branches comprising a rotatable elbow branch mounted to said cover in said second connecting branch, said rotatable elbow branch having a reliant outer ring seal engaging said branch seat; a securing device securing said rotatable elbow branch against rotation relative to said cover, said securing device including a lock mechanism connected to said cover and a lock portion connected to said rotatable elbow branch and engagable with said lock mechanism for securing the elbow branch in a selected rotational position relative to said housing cover from a multitude of rotational positions of said elbow branch relative to said housing cover and said elbow branch being rotatable relative to said cover while mounted to said cover upon moving said elbow branch axially in said second opening by compressing said reliant outer ring seal to disengage said lock portion from said lock mechanism to rotate said elbow branch to another selected rotational position relative to said housing cover from the multitude of rotational positions.