A method for regulating a conditioning apparatus includes a heating/cooling device and a ventilation device which generates a flow of air toward the heating/cooling device in order to direct it toward a room to be conditioned. The method includes the step of switching on the conditioning apparatus in a switch-on instant, the step of activating the heating/cooling device and the ventilation device, the step of determining a commutation instant, and the step of driving the ventilation device so that, until the previously determined commutation instant, the ventilation device is stationary or rotates at a maximum speed equal to a certain speed of the ventilation device.

The invention relates to an electric radiator (1) for a motor vehicle comprising a rigid frame housing heating elements (18) and radiating elements (12) through which an air flow can pass, the radiator being provided with a temperature measurement device (2) comprising at least one temperature sensor (4) and a support element (5) comprising at least one housing (51) for one or more temperature sensors (4) and an electric radiator attachment device, characterised in that the attachment device associated with the support element (5) comprises at least one snap-fastening element (6) configured to cooperate with one of the radiating elements (12) of the radiator (1).

A heating device (100) for a vehicle, includes a Printed Circuit Board (11), at least one heating element (20a,20b,20c), a bus bar (30,31) and a terminal pin (42). The Printed Circuit Board (11) is received inside a casing (12) along one bus bar (30,31). The bus bar (30,31) includes at least one bus bar terminal (30a,30b,30c,31a,31b,31c), wherein at least one bus bar terminal (30a 30b 30c 31a,31b,31c) connects a corresponding heating element (20a,20b,20c) to the Printed Circuit Board (11). The terminal pin (42) is integrally formed with at least one bus bar terminal (30a,30b,30c,31a,31b,31c) and is disposed outside the casing (12).

A heating device for a vehicle includes a heat exchanger and an electronic control unit controlling operating states of the heating device. The electronic control unit has at least one electrical connection contact on a printed circuit board. At least one connecting cable is electrically conductively connected to the at least one electrical connecting contact and runs at least in sections parallel to a surface of the printed circuit board within the heating device. A metal sheet is arranged between the at least one connecting cable and the printed circuit board.

A variable heatable radiator for use in a fluid circuit containing coolant therein, and which can generate substantial amounts of heat to heat larger spaces, such as in a home or business, while utilizing minimal power to run, and which can be utilized in various implementations and configurations. The radiator can be selectively activated or de-activated by, for example, a cell phone or the like whereby the fluid circuit in the radiator can be monitored for time of use, temperature and cost of use. The circuit possesses at least one opening defined therein on sides of the radiator and top and bottom thereof which is in communication with the circuit, whereby a heating element can be inserted to heat the fluid.

An electric radiator is provided. The electric radiator includes: a housing provided with an air channel cover therein; a heating assembly disposed in the housing and defining a natural convection air channel with the air channel cover, an air supply inlet being formed at a first end of the natural convection air channel and an air supply outlet being formed at a second end of the natural convection air channel above the air supply inlet, air in the natural convection air channel being heated by the heating assembly to form a natural convection in the natural convection air channel; a mesh hood mounted onto a front surface of the housing and covering the heating assembly and the air supply outlet; a first temperature limiter mounted onto the heating assembly and adjacent to the air supply outlet in an up-down direction.

A forced airflow drying apparatus includes a body including a pair of air inlets to receive inlet air which is channeled to an upstream side of a filter unit, a pair of body airflow generators to generate a first forced airflow, each body airflow generator having a first end and a second end, where the first end of each body airflow generator is opened to a downstream side of the filter unit, a pair of thermoelectric devices configured to control a temperature of the first forced airflow, and a first air outlet, in communication with the second end of each body airflow generator, to receive the forced airflow from the body airflow generators and to expel the forced airflow out of the body. The forced airflow drying apparatus further includes a bar and a drive apparatus configured to movably drive the bar relative to the body, the bar including a second pair of airflow generators to generate a second forced airflow, a pair of resistance heaters to control a temperature of the second forced airflow prior to being expelled from the second air outlet, and a second air outlet to expel the second forced airflow from the bar.

A heating appliance has electrical circuitry, a controller, a heating element, a temperature sensor, and a power selection switch having a varying power setting for enabling the user to select a varying power heating mode during which the room temperature is sensed by and if below a certain desirable temperature level, the controller causes higher power heating until the room temperature reaches the certain desirable temperature level and then causes lower power heating.

The present invention relates to a heating device (10), in particular to an electric heating device for a motor vehicle, having a heat exchanger housing (12), heat exchanger core (14) which absorbs heat at a heat input face, and a printed circuit board (20) having electronic components (16, 18) for controlling the heating device (10), wherein the printed circuit board (20) is arranged on an outer side (22) of the heat exchanger housing (12), wherein a temperature sensor (24) is arranged on a side (26) of the printed circuit board (20) which faces the outer side (22) of the heat exchanger housing (12), wherein connecting means (28) are provided which connect the temperature sensor (24) in a heat conducting fashion to the outer side (22) of the heat exchanger housing (12), and wherein the heat input face of the heat exchanger core (14) is connected in a heat-conducting fashion to the heat exchanger housing (12), with the result that a continuous short heat bridge, running through the interior of the heat exchanger housing (12), to the connecting means (28) is generated.

A method for regulating a conditioning apparatus includes a heating/cooling device and a ventilation device which generates a flow of air toward the heating/cooling device in order to direct it toward a room to be conditioned The method includes the step of switching on the conditioning apparatus in a switch-on instant, the step of activating the heating/cooling device and the ventilation deice, the step of determining a commutation instant, and the step of driving the ventilation device so that, until the previously determined commutation instant, the ventilation device is stationary or rotates at a maximum speed equal to a certain speed of the ventilation device.