CN103313444B - Heater element - Google Patents

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CN103313444B
CN103313444B CN201310075320.9A CN201310075320A CN103313444B CN 103313444 B CN103313444 B CN 103313444B CN 201310075320 A CN201310075320 A CN 201310075320A CN 103313444 B CN103313444 B CN 103313444B
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弗朗茨·博伦德
米歇尔·尼德雷尔
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H05ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05BELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B3/00Ohmic-resistance heating
    • H05B3/20Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional plane, e.g. plate-heater
    • H05B3/22Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional plane, e.g. plate-heater non-flexible
    • H05B3/24Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional plane, e.g. plate-heater non-flexible heating conductor being self-supporting
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H05ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05BELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B3/00Ohmic-resistance heating
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    • H05B3/06Heater elements structurally combined with coupling elements or holders
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H05ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05BELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B2203/00Aspects relating to Ohmic resistive heating covered by group H05B3/00
    • H05B2203/016Heaters using particular connecting means
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H05ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05BELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B2203/00Aspects relating to Ohmic resistive heating covered by group H05B3/00
    • H05B2203/02Heaters using heating elements having a positive temperature coefficient
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H05ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05BELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B2203/00Aspects relating to Ohmic resistive heating covered by group H05B3/00
    • H05B2203/022Heaters specially adapted for heating gaseous material
    • H05B2203/023Heaters of the type used for electrically heating the air blown in a vehicle compartment by the vehicle heating system

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Abstract

The present invention relates to heater element (120), described heater element has at least one PTC element (12), contact plate (4, 68), described contact plate keeps flat against PTC element on either side, shell (2), described shell forms at least one opening (6) for receiving at least one PTC element (12), and there is end side (16), wherein be assigned to contact plate (4 at this place, 68) contact tongue (48) is exposed, and described heater element (120) has wedge-shaped element (108), it has by the first and second wedge-shaped surface (114, 116) wider and narrower end face (110 is each other connected to, 112), wherein the first wedge-shaped surface (114) is parallel to one of them contact plate (68) extension, and lie on contact plate (68) when slide plate (80) inserts wherein, and second wedge-shaped surface (116) be exposed on the outside of described shell (2).The heater element (120) be not easily damaged in an assembling process has the slide plate (80) being connected to described shell.

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Heater element
Technical field
The present invention relates to heater element, it has at least one PTC element, contact plate, and it keeps flat against PTC element on either side, shell, and it forms at least one opening for holding at least one PTC element, and have end side, the contact stud being wherein assigned to contact plate is exposed.Heater element according to the present invention comprises wedge-shaped element, it has and is connected to wider and narrow end face each other by the first and second wedge-shaped surface, wherein the first wedge-shaped surface is parallel to the extension of one of them contact plate, and the second wedge-shaped surface is exposed on the outside of shell.
Background technology
Such heater element is learnt according to EP1921896A1.In the prior art, shell is formed by such two crust components, and described crust component can be connected to each other and to be eachly all formed as molded plastic part.The contact plate be provided at outer side respectively and insulating barrier are coated with the plastic material forming each crust component, thus define contact plate, insulating barrier and crust component unit.
Such heater element is especially used to heating liquid in such as motor vehicles.The electric heater unit being generally used for holding some heater elements has one or several satchels relative to each other extended in parallel.Circular chamber used for fluid to be heated and end side are separated by satchel, and wherein electrical contact is usually exposed on end side and connects end side.Because circular chamber is formed by metal species material, is therefore electric conducting material, in order to the dependability of electric calorifie installation, the good electric insulation between the heater element inserting satchel and the wall body defining inside satchel is very important.
Usually, first general heater element is inserted satchel.Then, relative to the inwall of satchel and the outer surface of heater element, translation of wedge element, thus in satchel wedge shape rising heater element.Keep flat wedge-shaped element, wherein wedge-shaped element first wedge-shaped surface is parallel to of being usually inserted in the contact plate of insulating barrier, and wedge-shaped element second wedge-shaped surface is parallel to the interior surface of the satchel slightly tilted usually.Correspondingly, by wedge-shaped element medium, create the plane contact between heater element and satchel.In side, the interior surface that other contact plates are resisted against satchel keeps flat, and usually, also has insulating barrier to insert the interior surface of satchel, and at opposite side, inserts wedge-shaped element.Due to the self-adaptability of PTC element, good, preferred symmetry, such layout, for effectively using heater element to be essential, therefore must handle two-sided heat dissipation well.Otherwise PTC element will become too hot, and the self-adaptability of PTC element is by because the warm produced, and prevents from absorbing the electric energy produced further.
General heater element, can produce various problem.Such as, when translation of wedge element, the risk of the layering that there is hierarchy in heater element relative to each other translation.These layerings comprise---from inner side to outside---and PTC element, contact plate, it keeps flat against PTC element on either side, insulating barrier, it is provided at the outside of contact plate usually, wherein some different insulating barriers can also be dispensed to each single contact plate, and last wedge-shaped element in addition itself.In the above prior art, contact plate is only inserted in shell.At base portion, contact plate is supported on the edge of shell.In addition, there is such problem, namely on the one hand, contact plate must all be surrounded by insulating barrier, and wherein insulating barrier also must cover the fringe region of contact plate, thus reliably prevents conductive surface from exposing in the outside of heater element.Can produce multiple shortcoming according to the contact plate coating together with insulating barrier that prior art is learnt, especially at insulating barrier, this imports into due to the heat in spray casting technical process and/or caused due to ubiquitous expulsion pressure in process.Because in process of production, fail the crack correctly identifying that these are minimum, can cause high waste product, so there is the heater element of defect to be assembled to electric calorifie installation, make it not be fully used.
Summary of the invention
The present invention wants to provide the heater element completely or partially avoiding the problems referred to above.
In order to realize above-mentioned target, by slide plate is connected to shell, improve general heater element further.Which prevent the relative motion between slide plate and shell.Slide plate by form fit, frictional connection or can be connected to shell by material binding.In order to promote that slide plate is assembled to shell, preferably by form fit, slide plate is connected to shell.Consider the direction of insertion of wedge-shaped element, should preferably at least in its end, slide plate is connected to shell when retreating, and wherein this end is assigned to the narrow end face of wedge-shaped element.When heater element is interlocked in satchel, wedge-shaped element will move towards this end.One, preferably, in this narrow end portion, preferably provides some securing brackets at slide plate place, wherein securing bracket and one, and preferably the secured opening of several corresponding shells be provided coordinates, and is accommodated in the latter.
According to present invention further optimization embodiment, slide plate is connected to shell in two opposed end regions.Relative end regions is formed by those ends of slide plate, and on the one hand, it is assigned to the narrow end face of wedge-shaped element, on the other hand, is assigned to thicker end face, and be always basically parallel to the extension of these end faces.Therefore, corresponding end regions to be usually located at before on wedge-shaped element moving direction or below.Preferably, slide plate is connected by the locking being positioned at its end, and be connected to shell by form fit, its middle slide plate end is assigned to the thicker end face of wedge-shaped element.This locking connects and preferably comprises at least one latch plate formed by slide plate, and it coordinates with the opposite face provided on shell side.Herein, latch plate is formed for the formation of the sheet material of slide plate with bending by punching press usually, and preferably protrudes in the slidingsurface front end of slide plate, and wherein slidingsurface front end is assigned to wedge-shaped element, and entirely supports the latter.Usually, latch plate is positioned at the center of slide plate according to Width, and preferably coordinates with locking projection, and wherein locking projection is disposed in housing center, and is formed with the latter's entirety.By this way, the simple connection of slide plate is produced.
First, slide plate can be introduced into by securing bracket in the shell secured opening that is assigned with, and is fixed on that in advance.Around the pivot blocks rotation plate be formed at wherein, bring it into after locking projection, so that at the opposite end regions of shell, slide plate and shell lock together.Preferably, the connection being form fit is connected.
In addition, slide plate preferably comprises keeping arm, and it keeps wedge-shaped element movably.Such generation construction unit, so that heater element can insert the satchel together with wedge-shaped element, wherein wedge-shaped element is maintained at satchel place movably.Compared with the prior art, wherein first heater element is introduced satchel, then wedge-shaped element is introduced into (comparing EP1921896A1) from the top between heater element and the interior surface of satchel, in this preferred improvement further, heater element can be installed into a unit, is therefore easy to be placed and be arranged in satchel.This embodiment itself is important for the present invention.Especially, it should be provided to slide plate, and its middle slide plate is connected to shell at relative end regions, so that on the one hand, slide plate keeps wedge-shaped element, and on the other hand, is securely affixed to shell, is wherein connected to shell preferably by form fit.Usually, keeping arm is spring arm, its opposite edges from slide plate are protruded, give prominence to from the slidingsurface of wedge-shaped element, and the inner side of opposite wedge member is by tensioning in advance, so that these resilient holding arm are usually in contacts side surfaces and stationary wedge element, wherein said side contacts relative wedge-shaped surface in the thicker end face of wedge-shaped element.In order to such wedge-shaped element being only fixed on a side by keeping arm, namely the narrow end face place of wedge-shaped element is assigned to, slide plate and shell can be locked together, and by fixing wedge-shaped element for the housing parts clamping wedge-shaped element, so that wedge-shaped element is picked up from slidingsurface.But, because preferably such embodiment, namely by latch plate, slide plate is installed, wherein latch plate is assigned to the thicker end face of wedge-shaped element and coordinates with shell, and shell can by less strength, especially, formed by narrower design, because this reducing the spraying cycle time about cast casing, but also simplify the geometry of die cavity, wherein die cavity is used for forming shell by spray casting.
Preferably, at least one contact plate comprises the tongue piece of bending, and wherein tongue piece is accommodated in the insertion opening that formed by shell.Similarly, each structure definable parallel inventive concept of the present invention.The tongue piece of bending extends across the locating surface that formed by contact plate substantially, and usually outstanding on this locating surface, and namely the inside of its inwardly shell is protruded, and extends on the thickness direction of PTC element.Corresponding to this tongue piece, shell has the insertion opening for holding tongue piece.Usually, tongue piece is maintained in insertion opening, wherein has little gap, preferably very close to each other.By the cooperation of tongue piece and insertion opening, contact plate, on the direction of locating surface being parallel to its at least one PTC element, is immovably maintained at shell place substantially.Only after shell manufactures, by tongue piece is inserted insertion opening, contact plate and shell link together.Accordingly, the shell of heater element can be manufactured more easily.Especially, it can have one-body molded design, so that first shell is manufactured into simply, uniform moulded parts, is furnished with the layering forming hierarchy after a while.
In order to avoid the weakening of shell to a great extent, preferably improving further according to the present invention, advising that the insertion lug by freely cutting forms tongue piece.Such insertion lug, in the place of the contact plate side provided by contact lug, has substantially little than contact plate width.The present embodiment provides further advantage, and it is because maintain relatively little friction fit surface, so can keep the relatively little power that will insert in lug introducing insertion opening, so that tongue piece is when being inserted into insertion opening, all frictional resistance is all relatively little.
According to preferred improvement further of the present invention, if the locking projection that at least one and shell lock together protrudes from the surface of tongue piece, wherein tongue piece surface orientation at a right angle with the locating surface of PTC element substantially, contact plate wherein by being assigned with forms PTC element, and this embodiment is particularly correlated with.Consider low introducing power, locking projection should preferably be formed as the locking plush copper of point-like, and locks together with shell.Some locking projections can be provided in such surface one by one, the locating surface orientation at a right angle of itself and PTC element.Preferably, by with the mode process contact plate of punching press, corresponding locking projection is formed.Usually, consider the required low introducing power for splice closure and contact plate, corresponding locking projection and locking are takeed on shape thing and are coordinated, wherein locking shoulder shape thing is formed by shell, and correspondingly formed by thin-walled, under the state engaged, it is crossed locking projection and gives prominence to, this connects for locking is common, therefore by form fit, contact plate is retained to shell.
In this embodiment, contact plate can be prepared as simple punching press and sweep, then engages with shell in a straightforward manner.Contact plate is preferably included in the locating convex block between the contact tongue of at least one PTC element and locating surface.Shell has the location shoulder shape thing being assigned to locating convex block.In the preferred embodiment, shell and contact plate are formed by size, when keeping flat against location shoulder shape thing with convenient contact tab, by means of only around location shoulder shape thing swivel blade, just tongue piece can be introduced in insertion opening.In this embodiment, be assigned to the locating convex block on shell side and locate shoulder shape thing and be used as assembly assist device.
Usually, location shoulder shape thing is arranged in base area, and described base area is used for the contact tongue formed by shell, preferably, and the contact lug formed by contact plate.Contact tongue might not need to be formed in contact plate place entirety.But such embodiment is preferred.In any situation, the contact lug formed by punching press is preferably outstanding on contact plate in the side relative to tongue piece, wherein contacts lug and can form contact tongue at side place, or be connected to contact tongue.In this article, the base on shell side with contact lug and form guide groove, it has such effect, and namely in the process of the motion of contact lug inserted base, locating convex block is inevitably placed in the place against location shoulder shape thing.Such joint that locating convex block is resisted against location shoulder shape thing indicates the end of inserting motion to mechanic.Then, tongue piece only around the pivot rotary contact plate formed in such a way, thus need be inserted insertion opening by mechanic tightly.Base wall body on shell side yet forms both Position Control and assists, and thus in the rotary movement of the contact plate towards shell, relative to insertion opening, places tongue piece in advance substantially.
Above-mentioned further improvement about a contact plate is also preferably provided to other contact plates, so that two contact plates all can be maintained at shell place in an identical manner, and to be introduced, and in process, by preset and locked together by form fit and shell.
Shell preferably has through hole, the part of the base of its normally above-mentioned contact lug.Through hole surrounds contact lug, and promotes that it is assembled.
Above-mentioned through hole is formed preferably by the introduction passage of tilted alignment.Introduction passage tilts to extend relative to the bearing of trend of contact plate, and wherein contact plate is usually parallel to and is provided each other, and contact plate clamps PTC element in-between.Introduction passage tilted alignment like this, during with convenient contact plate through arranging the angle be in relative to its final position, contact lug can be inserted by introduction passage with being parallel to wall body, and described wall body limits described introduction passage.Therefore, introduction passage from internal approach, namely the opening of shell tilts to the outside (according to thickness direction) towards housing center.
As already mentioned, shell is preferably to be made into integration the shell that form is formed.The shell of such entirety only has a uniform housing main body, and its housing is formed with the form be made into integration, and only as uniformly, intrinsic rigidity and the assembly of dimensionally stable be implemented.
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By reference to the accompanying drawings, according to the description of the following example, further details of the present invention and advantage can be understood.In the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 illustrates the perspective view from watching embodiment on the upside of first;
Fig. 2 illustrates the perspective view from watching embodiment on the upside of second;
Fig. 3 illustrates and is similar to Fig. 2, but is connected to the perspective view of slide plate;
Fig. 4 illustrates the perspective view being similar to Fig. 2 after the final assembling of the present embodiment;
Fig. 5 illustrates the longitudinal cross-section of the central longitudinal axis along the completely mounted embodiment shown in Fig. 4, and:
Fig. 6 illustrates the longitudinal cross-section along being parallel to the circuit that central longitudinal axis extends, and wherein circuit connects the tongue piece of touch panel.
Embodiment
Fig. 1 illustrates the shell of the embodiment using identification number 2 to indicate, this shell 2 is connected with the first contact plate 4 simultaneously.Shell 2 forms opening 6 in inner circumferential, shim elements 8 is given prominence to from described inner circumferential, be integrally formed in shell 2, and there is the basic shape for cone, wherein the surface of shim elements 8 is spill, and shim elements 8 extends between the horizontal edge 10 and the tip of shim elements 8 of the opening 6 formed by shell 2.These shim elements 8 are used to the PTC element against itself putting, and described element is indicated by identification number 12 in fig. 2.Shim elements 8 keeps PTC element 12 at the certain distance away from edge 10, and correspondingly amplifies leakage current path.
In side view, shell 2 has basic wedge-shaped design, and it is with front narrow end 14 and the thicker end forming shell 2 end side 16.Define opening 6 by side 18, wherein side 18 be provided at opening 6 either side on and extend parallel to each other.On the longitudinal direction of shell 2 and at front end 14 place, these sides 18 surrounding opening 6 are completely surrounded by external margin 20 wide a little, wherein external margin 20 is on both sides, outstanding on side 18, and have wedge-shaped design on the longitudinal direction of shell 2, namely it has the width less than end side 16 place at front end 14 place.At end side 16 place, that shell 2 further defines encirclement and the axle collar 22 be broadened, the axle collar 22 is at end side 16 place, on the profile of external margin 20 outwardly, and define stayed surface 24, by described stayed surface 24, the shell 2 be assembled in electric calorifie installation satchel is supported on the upside of the described shell 2 on the heater housing of electric calorifie installation, as known to EP1921896A1.
At front end 14 place, the side 18 being provided at this place is run through by two insertion openings 26,28, and described side 18 extends laterally to the longitudinal extension part of shell 2.As before Fig. 1 see, and the insertion opening indicated by identification number 26 is for the contact plate 4 shown in fixing Fig. 1.In order to this object, the latter comprises tongue piece 30, and it is outstanding on the leading flank 32 of contact plate 4, and by punching press be bent to form.Therefore, in leading flank 32 region, tongue piece 30 has the width less than contact plate 4, before wherein region 32 projects to a little on tongue piece 30---as shown in Figure 1---and after projecting to considerably.Tongue piece 30 relative to locating surface 34 90-degree bent of the PTC element 12 formed by contact plate 4, and is inwardly given prominence on this locating surface 34.Tongue piece 30 has outwards directed latch surface 36, and it is relative to locating surface 34 extension at a right angle, and two locking projections 38 are given prominence on tongue piece 30.By the sheet material of punching press for the formation of contact plate 4, form locking projection 38, and it is as outstanding in latch surface 36 in the locking plush copper of convex.
By the degree of lip-rounding cross section 40 of convex curvature, insertion opening 26 enters opening 6, and wherein insertion opening 26 is for being positioned at the bending transitional region 42 between locating surface 34 and tongue piece 30.Degree of lip-rounding cross section 40 is positioned at the place lower than side 18, to be assembled under condition, contact plate 4 flushes relative to side 18 through arranging.
Contact lug 46 is in the end relative with tongue piece 30, outstanding on the trailing flank 44 of contact plate 4, as insertion lug, wherein by free punching press, contact lug 46 has been provided substantially wants little width compared with the side 44 be assigned with, and outstanding on side 44.At the free end of contact lug 46, it forms contact tongue 48, completes electrical connection contact plate 4 by this tongue piece 48, and tongue piece 48 is in protrusion on shell 2 in end side 16.Between such contact tongue 48 and the locating surface 34 of contact plate 4, contact lug 46 defines locating convex block 50, and it is by cutting out step-like being provided by contact lug 46.In order to hold the longitudinal region of contact lug 46, side 18 is interrupted by base 52, and wherein base base portion is parallel to side 18 and extends, and defines the locating surface of contact lug 46.The edge 10 that side direction defines the shell 2 of base 52 defines location shoulder shape thing 54, wherein this shoulder shape thing 54 is assigned to locating convex block 50, when being inserted in the recessed through hole 56 in shell 2 place with box lunch contact lug 48, shoulder shape thing 54 is adjacent, and therefore have ceased and introduces motion.In this position, locating convex block 50 positioned adjacent shoulder shape thing 54, engages as rotated.By the rotary motion around this point, tongue piece 30 must rotate to insertion opening 26, and by locking projection 38 and the locating convex block 58(that formed on shell side according to Fig. 6) coordinate, be fixed wherein by form fit.
Especially, if see from Fig. 6, through hole 56 is formed by the introduction passage 60 of tilted alignment.The introduction passage 60 of this inclination is formed by evener 62, it is towards central orientation, and---in the direction of the width---and toward the outer side, wherein introduction passage 60 extends from side 18 and evener 64, it is parallel to and wherein extends and to be correspondingly thereto provided and it is formed at the wall body of the axle collar 22 at interior definition through hole 56.In order to form introduction passage 60, only can provide evener 64, and omit inclined surface 62.
On the Width of the present embodiment, the introduction passage 60 of inclination 18 correspondingly extends to towards the outside of the end side 16 at center in the direction of the width from the side.By like this, when contact plate 4 favours side 18 orientation, facilitate and introduce contact lug 46 by through hole 56.After contact lug 46 has been inserted into through hole 56, the wall body limiting through hole 56 guides the orientation of contact plate 4 further, wherein the longitudinal edge 66 of contact plate 4 is parallel to the edge 20 be assigned with of shell 2, thus contact plate 4 is oriented, so that tongue piece 30 flushes insertion opening 26.
After contact plate 4 is connected with shell 2 in the manner described above, in the process of assembling, rotation case 2, so that the side shown in Fig. 1 top is positioned at bottom.This position shown in Figure 2.Now, in the present embodiment four, some PTC elements 12 are introduced in opening 6, and its split shed 6 is closed in the bottom side of contact plate 4, and PTC element 12 is placed on the locating surface 34 of contact plate 4.Then, another contact plate 68 is according to reference to the mode shown in figure 1, and in shell 2 place orientation, described contact plate 68 is formed as roughly the same with contact plate 4, and locks together with the latter's (contact plate 4).Contact plate 68 is substantially identical with contact plate 4, and difference is, by punching press and the spring tongue piece 70 that is bent to form, to be formed as towards single PTC element 12, to improve electrical contact, wherein spring tongue piece 70 is outstanding on the locating surface 72 of contact plate 68.
As depicted in figs. 1 and 2, between latch surface 18 and external margin 20, U-shaped groove 74 is recessed into.This groove 74 around contact plate 4 and 68, is installed to be U-shaped respectively in the manner described above, and for holding fluid sealant 76, it is introduced into groove 74.Sealing glue 76 can have viscosity, and for sealing, and be also used to the outside optionally insulating barrier using identification number 78 to indicate being fixed to respectively contact plate 4 and 68.This insulating barrier 78 in the present embodiment has double-decker, and wherein silicone mould and fiberglass packing are connected to this insulating barrier 78.Such insulating barrier 78 presents high electric strength, and can be fabricated to and have the exact thickness identical with incompressible insulating barrier 78 substantially.
After insulating barrier 78 has been applied to side 18, contact plate 4 and 68 has insulated with peripheral region respectively.Then, in fig. 2, the slide plate using identification number 80 to indicate is placed on upside.In slide plate 80 end of front end 14 being assigned to shell 2, this slide plate 80 has two securing brackets 82, and its each warp is formed separately, basic identical with tongue piece 30, and difference is only have a locking projection 38 to give prominence on each securing bracket 82.Corresponding in the direction of the width, two securing brackets 82 be provided one by one, secured opening 84 is recessed at shell 2 place.Introduce slide plate 80, wherein with reference to contact plate 4, in the manner described above, securing bracket 82 is introduced into the secured opening 84 be assigned with, and slide plate 80 is connected with shell 2 by form fit.As shown in Figure 6, secured opening 84 is upwards widened a little, so that slide plate 80 can rotate around pivot, wherein pivot is formed between secured opening 84 and securing bracket 82 in restriction.After securing bracket 82 has been introduced into secured opening 84, slide plate 80 has presented the position shown in Fig. 3.Then, its whole surface is placed on shell 2 by slide plate 80.
In slide plate 80 front end 86 of terminaloriented side 16, slide plate 80 comprises latch plate 88, it passes through through punching press and is bent to form slide plate 80, and the sheet material of the slidingsurface 90 to be formed by slide plate 80 and being formed, and it has hook design, so that latch plate 88 forms first area 92, it is extension at a right angle with slidingsurface 90 substantially, and second area 94, it is extension at a right angle with slidingsurface 90 also, and be parallel to slidingsurface 90 extend to inner side.In order to increase the bending strength of latch plate 88, the latter is crimped 96 and penetrates, and wherein crimping 96 is by being bent to form, and extends on the longitudinal direction of shell 2, and wherein crimping is bent to outside.Second area 94 has free end, and it is broadened toward the outer side as funnel.
By punching press with bending, lateral parts 98 is formed at slide plate 80 top 1/3rd place, namely in the region being assigned to end side 16, wherein lateral parts is on edge's limit slippage surface 90, but in a mounted state, on side 18, not have than the wedge shape external margin 20 being in corresponding lateral parts 98 horizontal plane and give prominence to greatly.In end side, lateral parts 98 enters spring arm 10, and it is free relative to slidingsurface 90, and is bent to inner side.
In side schematic diagram shown in Fig. 2 to Fig. 4, the axle collar 22 has been provided two large through holes 102, and supporting bracket 104 entirety is formed at shell 2 place therebetween, and its housing 2 defines the inner locking projection 106 protruded at its free end.Locking projection 106 is positioned at the parcel surface around the axle collar 22.
When slide plate 80 rotates to the final position shown in Fig. 4 to Fig. 6 from the preliminary direction shown in Fig. 3, latch plate 88 is pushed to inner side by locking projection 106, and when arriving the final position of slide plate 80, rebounds, so that slide plate 80, at end side 16 place, is held shell 2 by form fit.
Now, be placed on this slide plate 80 with the wedge-shaped element that identification number 108 is indicated, wherein at relative end regions, slide plate 80 is connected with shell 2 (comparison diagram 4 and Fig. 6) according to which.Wedge-shaped element 108 has the wider end face indicated with identification number 110, and it is assigned to end side 16, and with the narrow end face that identification number 112 is indicated, it is assigned to front end 14.Wedge-shaped element 108 has such width, and namely wedge-shaped element 108 not necessarily are maintained between spring arm 100.In addition, in the start position shown in Fig. 4, the second cross section 94 that wedge-shaped element 108 is blocked plate 88 is clamped, and correspondingly remains between this cross section 94 and slidingsurface 90 in the mode of form fit.In this start position, be parallel to slidingsurface 90 by the first wedge-shaped surface that identification number 114 is indicated in figure 6, itself so that be parallel to contact plate 68 and extend, but the second wedge-shaped surface indicated with identification number 116 is exposed to the outside of shell 2.In start position as shown in Figure 6, this second wedge-shaped surface 116 is still positioned at the slightly below of the profile that external margin 20 provides.By from moving right to left (according to Fig. 6), and because wedge-shaped element 108 has the wedge-shaped design at about 3 ° of angles, wedge-shaped element 108 is finally given prominence to over the outline, and therefore interlocks with the embodiment of heater element 120 in the taper satchel of electric calorifie installation, as shown in Figs. 4-6.At the opposite side of wedge-shaped element 108, insulating barrier 78 is exposed to shell 2 place, and approximately flushes with the profile at the edge 20 provided in this side.Usually, insulating barrier 78 is slightly outstanding on this edge.
Especially, as shown in Figure 5, the front free end in the second cross section 94 of latch plate 88 is still positioned at stayed surface 24, so that heater element 120 is placed on the impact that heater housing place can not be subject to the base of wedge-shaped element 108.Introduce two instruments by through hole 102 to protrude and can insert wedge-shaped element.Wedge-shaped element 108 has cavity at end 110 place that it is broadened, so that corresponding instrument is properly positioned in wedge-shaped element 108 place.
List of identification numbers
2 shells
4 contact plates
6 openings
8 shim elements
10 edges
12PTC element
14 front ends
16 end side
18 sides
20 external margins
22 axle collars
24 stayed surfaces
26 insertion openings
28 insertion openings
30 tongue pieces
32 leading flanks
34 locating surfaces
36 latch surface
38 locking projections
40 degree of lip-rounding cross sections
42 transitional regions
44 trailing flanks
46 contact lugs
48 contact tongues
50 locating convex blocks
52 bases
54 location shoulder shape things
56 through holes
58 locating convex blocks
60 introduction passages
62 eveners
64 eveners
66 longitudinal edges
68 contact plates
70 spring tongue pieces
72 locating surfaces
74 grooves
76 fluid sealants
78 insulating barriers
80 slide plates
82 securing brackets
84 secured opening
86 front ends
88 latch plate
90 slidingsurfaces
92 first cross sections
94 second cross sections
96 crimpings
98 Outboard Sections
100 spring arms
102 through holes
104 supporting brackets
106 locking projections
108 wedge-shaped elements
110 thicker end faces
112 narrow end faces
114 first wedge-shaped surface
116 second footwear type surfaces
120 heater elements

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1. heater element (120), described heater element (120) has at least one PTC element (12), contact plate (4, 68), described contact plate (4, 68) keep flat against described PTC element on the either side of described PTC element, shell (2), described shell (2) forms at least one opening (6) for receiving PTC element (12) described at least one, and there is end side (16), wherein be assigned to described contact plate (4 in described end side, 68) contact tongue (48) is exposed, and described heater element (120) has wedge-shaped element (108), described wedge-shaped element has by the first and second wedge-shaped surface (114, 116) wider and narrower end face (110 is each other connected to, 112), wherein said first wedge-shaped surface (114) is parallel to contact plate described in one of them (68) and extends, and by the slide plate (80) inserted against described contact plate (68), and described second wedge-shaped surface (116) is exposed on the outside of described shell (2), wherein said slide plate (80) is connected in a non-slip fashion with described shell (2) and wherein said slide plate (80) comprises securing bracket (82), described securing bracket (82) is accommodated in the secured opening (84) that formed by described shell (2).
2. heater element according to claim 1 (120), is characterized in that described slide plate (80) is connected to described shell (2) by means of form fit.
3. heater element according to claim 1 (120), is characterized in that described secured opening (84) is corresponded to the described narrow end face (112) of described wedge-shaped element (108).
4. heater element according to claim 1 (120), is characterized in that described slide plate (80) is connected with described shell (2) at relative end regions (14, the 16) place of described shell.
5. heater element according to claim 1 (120), is characterized in that, by described slide plate (80), described wedge-shaped element (108) is secured to described shell (2).
6. heater element according to claim 1 (120), is characterized in that described contact plate (4,68) is secured to described shell (2) after its formation.
7. heater element according to claim 1 (120), it is characterized in that the locking by having at least one the elastic atresia's plate (88) extended from described slide plate (80) connects (88,106), described slide plate (80) is connected to described shell (2) by means of form fit in end, and wherein said end is assigned to the described thicker end face (110) of described wedge-shaped element (108).
8. heater element according to claim 7 (120), it is characterized in that described latch plate (88) is given prominence in the top of the front end (86) of the slidingsurface (90) of described slide plate, wherein said slidingsurface is assigned to described wedge-shaped element (108) and entirely supports described wedge-shaped element (108).
9. heater element according to claim 7 (120), it is characterized in that described latch plate (88) coordinates with locking projection (106), wherein said locking projection (106) is placed on the center of described shell (2), and is formed with described shell (2) entirety.
10. heater element according to claim 9 (120), is characterized in that in enable position, and described latch plate (88) clamps described wedge-shaped element (108).
11. heater elements according to claim 1 (120), it is characterized in that described slide plate (80) comprises keeping arm (100), described keeping arm (100) keeps described wedge-shaped element (108) movably.
12. heater elements according to claim 11 (120), is characterized in that keeping arm described at least one is implemented as spring arm (100).
13. heater elements according to claim 1 (120), it is characterized in that contact plate described at least one (4,68) has the tongue piece (30) of bending, described tongue piece (30) is accommodated in the insertion opening (26,28) of described shell (2).
14. heater elements according to claim 13 (120), it is characterized in that at least one the locking projection (38) locked together with described shell (2) protrudes from the surface (36) of described tongue piece (30), wherein said surface (36) are substantially according to locating surface (34) orientation at a right angle with described PTC element (12).
15. heater elements according to claim 14 (120), it is characterized in that described contact plate (4) comprises the locating convex block (50) be positioned between described contact tongue (48) and described locating surface (34), wherein said shell (2) comprises location shoulder shape thing (54) corresponding to described locating convex block (50), and described shell (2) and described contact plate (4) size are formed as, with the described locating convex block of box lunch (50) keep flat be resisted against described location shoulder shape thing (54) upper time, by rotating around described location shoulder shape thing (54), described tongue piece (30) can be inserted into described insertion opening (26).
16. heater elements according to claim 13 (120), it is characterized in that described shell (2) has through hole (56), described through hole (56) is formed by the introduction passage (60) of the tilted alignment of contact lug (46) end, described contact lug (46) is formed at described contact plate (4,68) place by the mode of punching press, and has been provided described contact tongue (48).
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