The invention relates to a heating device (1) for an air-conditioning housing, said heating device (1) comprising a heating body (2) supplied with current for heating an air flow passing through said heating body (2), said heating body (2) comprising heating elements through which said current passes and which are arranged in electrically insulated tubes (4) of the heating elements, said heating elements being controlled via a distribution unit (3), said heating device (1) comprising means for earthing a plurality of metal elements distributed in the heating body (2) and the distribution unit (3). Said heating device (1) is characterised in that said earthing means consist of a single earthing circuit which passes through the heating body (2) and the distribution unit (3) and is formed by arranging said metal elements in series with direct contact between said metal elements.

An electric heater for heating a liquid or frozen substance in a motor vehicle. In particular, an electric heater for heating electric car batteries or an HVAC system or for a system for reducing the environmental pollution of the motor vehicle. The electric heater includes a metal sheet adapted to generate heat when it is crossed by an electric current. two polymeric layers between which the metal sheet is arranged, and two metal layers, between which the two polymeric layers are arranged. The two metal layers are hermetically sealed to each other defining a casing, which prevents the substance to be heated from coming into contact with the two polymeric layers and with the metal sheet. A plurality of metal flaps extend transversely from an external face of at least one metal layer of the two metal layers.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a heating rod comprises: a first thermal diffusion plate; a ceramic substrate arranged on the first thermal diffusion plate and having a heating element arranged therein; and a second thermal diffusion plate arranged on the ceramic substrate, wherein the first thermal diffusion plate and the second thermal diffusion plate are respectively stacked in a plurality of layers. Since the first thermal diffusion plate and the second thermal diffusion plate are stacked in the plurality of layers, a heating rod having a high thermal efficiency and being capable of fast heating and a vehicular heating device including the same can be obtained.

A hand held appliance including a fluid flow path extending between a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet and a ceramic heater within the fluid flow path wherein the fluid flow path is non-linear and the heater is non-linear. The appliance may include a housing wherein the housing houses the heater and encloses the fluid flow path, and wherein the housing is curved. The heater may be curved. The housing may include a straight section and a curved section and the heater is housed within the curved section. The heater may include at least one heating element comprising a flat ceramic plate and a conductive track. The heating element may be arcuate. The heating element may have a constant curvature.

The present invention relates to a PT heater and, more specifically, to a PTC heater which: mechanically fixes a heating element, a terminal, an insulating layer, and a heat-radiating unit, which constitute the PTC heater, by bending a fixing projection of a hook structure formed at a heat rod; and further has an auxiliary fixing protrusion capable of fixing the position of the heating element so as to increase the adhesiveness between the PTC element and the heat-radiating unit, thereby enabling performance to improve and facilitating assembly through the heat rod.

A high-voltage heater for a motor vehicle for heating a coolant is disclosed. The high-voltage heater includes at least two flat tubes that are flowable through by the coolant and at least one heating element. The at leas two flat tubes and the at least one heating element are alternatingly stacked on top of one another in a stacking direction to form a stack. The at least one heating element is connected at least to one of the adjacent flat tubes in the stack in a heat-transferring manner.

The present application discloses an electric vehicle, and a heating cavity assembly of an electric heater of the electric vehicle. The heating cavity assembly includes: an electric heating unit, located in a heating cavity and configured to convert electric energy into heat energy; a flow channel structure, located in a heat exchange cavity, configured to allow a heat transfer medium passing through the flow channel structure to receive heat energy from the electric heating unit and including a plurality of medium flow channels, wherein the plurality of medium flow channels extend in parallel to each other along respective extension track lines with a translation relationship.

An electric heating device may heat an air flow through a duct of a ventilation, heating and/or air-conditioning installation of an automotive vehicle. The heating device may include at least one heating module that is contained in a heating body. The heating body may include a housing for controlling and supplying electrical power to the at least one heating module. The housing may include, in its interior, a printed circuit board from which a power supply connector and a control connector protrude. The housing may also include a power supply opening such that the power supply connector emerges from the housing and a control opening such that the control connector emerges from the housing. The housing may include a skirt that protrudes in parallel to the control connector on the periphery of the control opening. The skirt may be formed as a single part with the housing.

An electrical heating device for a motor vehicle, which includes at least one heating element and which includes at least one printed circuit board, the printed circuit board having at least one contacting area for establishing an electrical connection between the heating element and an energy source, the heating element having a plurality of PTC heating elements, which are electrically conductively connected to each other by a contact element, the contact element of the heating element being disposed at a distance from the contacting area, an electrically conductive connection between the contact element and the contacting area being established with the aid of a plurality of conductor strands.

What is described is a method for manufacturing an electrical heating device, wherein electrical heating resistors are disposed in tubes of an extruded profile, and openings are cut into a plate of the extruded profile connecting the tubes. According to this disclosure, fastening sections of the extruded profile are plastically deformed and, by means thereof, heat sinks are fastened on the extruded profile. A corresponding electrical heating device is also described.