Patent ID: 6920914

Claim:
Air treatment module, for thermal treatment of air to be introduced into a vehicle interior ( 16 ) of a vehicle ( 10 ), comprising: a support arrangement ( 30 ) fixed to a vehicle ( 10 ), a fan arrangement ( 32 ) supported by the support arrangement ( 30 ), a first heat exchanger arrangement ( 38 ), supported on the support arrangement ( 30 ), for thermal treatment of air forwarded by the fan arrangement ( 32 ), and a fuel-driven heating device ( 48 ) supported on the support arrangement ( 30 ), wherein the support arrangement ( 30 ) has a closure region ( 46 ), which in a condition in which the support arrangement ( 30 ) is positioned on a side of a fire barrier ( 12 ) facing the vehicle interior ( 16 ) completely closes an opening ( 44 ) in the fire barrier ( 12 ), said fire barrier ( 12 ) separating the vehicle interior ( 16 ) from an engine space ( 44 ), and wherein the heating device ( 48 ) with a second heat exchanger arrangement ( 50 ) is supported on a side of the closure region ( 46 ) positioned facing the engine space ( 14 ), wherein a fluid flowing through the second heat exchanger arrangement ( 50 ) is introduced into said first heat exchanger arrangement ( 38 ) in order to apply heat to the air forwarded by said fan arrangement ( 32 ).