US4550774A
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Surface heating body for vehicles
Assignee: Daimler Benz AG
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Filing: 1983-02-01
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Granted: 1985-11-05
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Expires: 2003-02-01
Abstract
Abstract A surface heat-exchanger body for vehicles, aircrafts or ships, with an interconnected heat pipe-channel system which is hermetically closed and arranged distributed over an area; as a result of a separate line-shaped heat source which extends along the heat-exchanger body and which may be formed by a heating channel, a heating rod or the like, heat is supplied to the heat-exchanger body which is distributed and given off by the heat pipe-channel system to the adjoining space with a slight temperature drop inside of the heat-exchanger body; for a horizontal installation of the heat-exchanger body, intersecting or star-shaped channel sections are provided inside of the heat pipe-channel system which always return the condensate to the condensate collector independently of the direction of the resultant of gravity and inertia forces; the condensate collector may be constructed in the form of a closed annular line either concentrically on the inside of the surface heat-exchanger body or along the outer edge; to enhance the condensate return, the surface heat-exchanger body may be slightly arched, whereby the condensate collector must be placed at the geodetically lowest place.
Inventors
- 👤 Rudolf Andres
- 👤 Helmut Grantz
- 👤 Wolf-Dietrich Muenzel
- 👤 Wolfgang Odebrecht
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 14:35
CPC Classifications
F; F28; F28D; F28D15/00; F28D15/02; F28D15/0233
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
126 words
A surface heat-exchaging body for vehicular use comprising a hermetically closed interconnected heat pipe-channel system distributed over an area and including condensate collector means and heat source means heat-conductingly coupled to said heat pipe-channel system and extending at least along a part thereof, the heat-pipe-channel system comprising mutually interconnected channel means extending in at least two directions at an angle to one another configured as a matrix, the interconnected channel means lead into a condensate collector means in said at least two directions, and the heat source means being in heat-transferring relationship with the condensate collector means formed only as an annular channel extending substantially uninterruptedly at one of a center and an outer edge area of the interconnected channel means of said heat pipe-channel system.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
126 words
A surface heat-exchaging body for vehicular use comprising a hermetically closed interconnected heat pipe-channel system distributed over an area and including condensate collector means and heat source means heat-conductingly coupled to said heat pipe-channel system and extending at least along a part thereof, the heat-pipe-channel system comprising mutually interconnected channel means extending in at least two directions at an angle to one another configured as a matrix, the interconnected channel means lead into a condensate collector means in said at least two directions, and the heat source means being in heat-transferring relationship with the condensate collector means formed only as an annular channel extending substantially uninterruptedly at one of a center and an outer edge area of the interconnected channel means of said heat pipe-channel system.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
55 words
A heat-exchanging body according to claim 1, wherein the condensate collector means is arranged approximately centrally within the heat-exchanging body, the channel means of the heat pipe-channel system extend star-shaped away from the condensate collector means in all directions and in that the heat source means extends over the approximately centrally arranged condensate collector means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
A heat-exchanging body according to claim 2, wherein the heat source means extends U-shaped over the approximately centrally arranged condensate collector means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
A heat-exchanging body according to claim 2, wherein the heat source means extends ring-shaped over the approximately centrally arranged condensate collector means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
A heat-exchanging body according to claim 2, wherein the heat source means extends meander-shaped over the approximately centrally arranged condensate collector means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
A heat-exchangin body according to claim 1, wherein the condensate collector means is constructed as a ring channel.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
A heat-exchanging body according to claim 2, wherein the condensate collector means is constructed as an intersecting channel system.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
19 words
A heat-exchanging body according to claim 2, wherein the condensate collector means is constructed as a disk-shaped hollow space.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
16 words
A heat-exchanging body according to claim 1 constructed as an inflated multi-layer partial composite laminated body.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
A heat-exchanging body according to claim 1 further comprising means for mounting the heat pipe-channel system disposed as a horizontal installation in a vehicle.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
141 words
A plate-shaped heater for the horizontal installation and use in a vehicle wherein the heater is developed as a multilayer inflated partially laminated piece, containing a hermetically sealed, connected heat pipe channel system extending over the surface of the plate-shaped heater, said heat pipe channel system being formed by crossing channels which extend at least in two directions at angles with respect to one another to a center and an outer edge respectively and are connected with one another, the heat pipe channel system containing a condensate collector channel contiguous only to one of said center and outer edge and into which the crossing channels lead, the condensate collector channel being connected at least approximately over its whole length in a heat-conducting manner with a heat source extending correspondingly at least approximately along the whole course of the condensate collector channel.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
141 words
A plate-shaped heater for the horizontal installation and use in a vehicle wherein the heater is developed as a multilayer inflated partially laminated piece, containing a hermetically sealed, connected heat pipe channel system extending over the surface of the plate-shaped heater, said heat pipe channel system being formed by crossing channels which extend at least in two directions at angles with respect to one another to a center and an outer edge respectively and are connected with one another, the heat pipe channel system containing a condensate collector channel contiguous only to one of said center and outer edge and into which the crossing channels lead, the condensate collector channel being connected at least approximately over its whole length in a heat-conducting manner with a heat source extending correspondingly at least approximately along the whole course of the condensate collector channel.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
22 words
A heat-exchanging body according to claim 11 comprising means for mounting the heat pipe-channel system as a horizontal installation in a vehicle.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
40 words
A heat-exchanging body according to claim 11, wherein the heat-exchanging body is curved and is arranged substantially horizontally in the normally installed position in such a manner that the condensate collector means comes to lie geometrically at the lowest place.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
14 words
A heat-exchanging body according to claim 13, wherein the heat-exchanging body is curved hourglass-shaped.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
16 words
A heat-exchanging body according to claim 13, wherein the heat-exchanging body is curved slightly conically shaped.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
16 words
A heat-exchanging body according to claim 13, wherein the heat-exchanging body is curved slightly pyramidally shaped.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
16 words
A heat-exchanging body according to claim 13, constructed as an inflated multi-layer partial composite laminated body.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
58 words
A heat-exchanging body according to claim 13, wherein the condensate collector means is arranged approximately centrally within the heat-exchanging body, in that the channel means of the heat pipe channel system extend star-shaped away from the condensate collector means in all directions and in that the heat source means extends over the approximately centrally arranged condensate collector means.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1988-11-04 | 1989-05-06 | 1989-11-05 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1992-11-04 | 1993-05-06 | 1993-11-05 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1996-11-04 | 1997-05-06 | 1997-11-05 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |