Method for producing a vehicle heater and vehicle heater

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10112457-B2
Application number	US-201314379080-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 8, 2013
Priority date	Feb 16, 2012
Publication date	Oct 30, 2018
Grant date	Oct 30, 2018

Abstract

In a method for producing a vehicle heater ( 10 ), a main body ( 12 ) of the vehicle heater ( 10 ) is equipped with a non-intrinsically safe heat conductor layer ( 14 ), and a sensor device ( 16, 18, 20 ) for detecting exceedances of a temperature threshold value. To form the sensor device ( 16, 18, 20 ) a sensor layer ( 16 ) is sprayed on without the main body ( 12 ) being exposed to temperatures normal for baking processes.
A vehicle heater ( 10 ) is equipped with a main body ( 12 ) carrying a non-intrinsically safe heat conductor layer ( 14 ), and with a sensor device ( 16, 18, 20 ) allocated to the heat conductor layer ( 14 ) and provided to detect the exceedance of a temperature threshold value. The sensor device ( 16, 18, 20 ) comprises a sprayed-on sensor layer ( 16 ) produced without the main body ( 12 ) assuming temperatures that are normal for baking processes.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for producing a vehicle heater including a main body equipped with a non-intrinsically safe heat conductor layer, and a sensor device for detecting exceedances of a temperature threshold value, said method comprising:
spraying a sensor layer onto a heat conductor layer of a main body of a vehicle heater forming a sensor device;
fixing said sensor layer onto the main body without exposing the main body to temperatures common in baking processes;
wherein the main body is at least one of a metal/air and a metal/liquid heat exchanger.

2. The method according to claim 1 , in which the sensor layer and/or the heat conductor layer is/are formed using a thermal spraying method.

3. The method according to claim 1 , in which the main body is only exposed to temperatures of less than 800° C. when fixing the sensor layer onto the main body.

4. The method according to claim 1 , in which the sensor layer has a layer thickness in the range of 10 μm to 200 μm.

5. The method according to claim 1 , in which the sensor layer is sprayed, at least in part, in the form of a powder, wherein powder particles of the powder are present in an agglomerated form or are brought in an agglomerated form, and wherein the non-agglomerated powder particles have an average grain size d50 of less than 20 μm.

6. The method according to claim 1 , in which the sensor layer is sprayed, at least in part, in the form of a powder providing the sensor layer with a resistance or impedance characteristic with a positive temperature coefficient.

7. The method according to claim 1 , in which the sensor layer is sprayed, at least in part, in the form of a powder providing the sensor layer with to a resistance or impedance characteristic with a negative temperature coefficient.

8. A vehicle heater for the production of which the method according to claim 1 was used.

9. The method according to claim 1 , in which the sensor layer is arranged on the heat conductor layer.

10. The method according to claim 1 , in which the sensor layer is arranged on the main body's side facing away from the heat conductor layer.

11. The method according to claim 1 , in which the main body consists at least partially of aluminum.

Assignees

• Webasto SE

Inventors

• Bytzek Dietmar
• Kabelitz Thorsten
• Goettl Karl
• Eckert Daniel

Classifications

• B60H2001/2246

  obtaining information from a variable, e.g. by means of a sensor · CPC title

• H05B1/02 Primary

  Automatic switching arrangements specially adapted to apparatus {; Control of heating devices} (thermally-actuated switches H01H37/00) · CPC title

• H05B3/262

  the insulating base being an insulated metal plate · CPC title

• H05B2203/013

  Heaters using resistive films or coatings · CPC title

• H05B2203/003

  using serpentine layout · CPC title