Heating system for an automotive vehicle

Claim 1

IN AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE, A PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, A HEATING SYSTEM INCLUDING A PRIMARY HEATING MEANS, A VENTILATION SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING THE HEAT OF SAID PRIMARY HEATING MEANS TO SAID PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM INCLUDING AN ELECTRICAL GENERATOR HAVING A FIELD, AN ELECTRICAL STORAGE BATTERY AND A REGULATOR CIRCUIT CONNECTED IN CIRCUIT, SAID REGULATOR CIRCUIT NORMALLY LIMITING THE AMOUNT OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY APPLIED TO THE FIELD OF SAID ELECTRICAL GENERATOR, AN ELECTRIC QUICK HEAT MEANS OPERATIVELY PLACED IN SAID VENTILATION SYSTEM TO SUPPLY HEAT TO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AND COUPLED TO SAID ELECTRICAL GENERATOR, A SENSING MEANS FOR SENSING WHEN SAID PRIMARY HEATING MEANS HAS REACHED A GIVEN OPERATING TEMPERATURE, AND A CONTROL CIRCUIT MEANS FOR REDUCING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SAID REGULATOR CIRCUIT TO LIMIT THE ELECTRICAL ENERGY APPLIED TO SAID FIELD WHEN SAID SENSING MEANS SENSES A TEMPERATURE BELOW SAID OPERATING TEMPERATURE AND FOR RETURNING THE REGULATOR CIRCUIT TO NORMAL OPERATION WHEN SAID SENSING MEANS SENSES A TEMPERATURE ABOVE SAID GIVEN OPERATING TEMPERATURE, SAID CONTROL CIRCUIT MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SENSING MEANS TO BE OPERATED BY SAID SENSING MEANS.