Patent ID: 7702224
Filing Date: 2010-04-20
Classification: F24H,H05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A water heater comprising: a heater housing having a housing wall; a heater housing inlet in the housing wall for allowing a flow of water to enter the heater housing; a heater housing interior of the housing wall for allowing the flow of water to pass through the heater housing; a heater housing outlet in the housing wall for allowing the flow of water to exit the heater housing; a heater element having a heating portion, a first end and a second end, the heating portion residing in the heater housing interior and the ends passing through the housing wall, the heater element comprising: heater element passages in heater housing wall, wherein the heater element ends pass through the heater element passages; seals residing between the indentations in the heater element ends and the heater housing, the seals for containing the flow of water in the heater housing interior; clips engaging the indentations in the heater element and residing over the seals; and caps residing over the clips and attached to the housing wall, the clips sandwiched between the caps and the housing wall.