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Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8128003 | Burner for heating a catalytic converter with open-loop or closed-loop controlled fuel delivery The invention concerns a burner, particularly an auxiliary burner in a motor vehicle and most especially a burner to rapidly heat up a three way catalytic converter of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, with a fuel supply mechanism to deliver fuel to ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7934664 | Hydronic space and water heater A compact hydronic space and water heating apparatus and system is disclosed for use in a recreational vehicle. A liquid heating medium, stored within a low pressure tank, is recirculated through a gas fired heater thereby maintaining a desired set point temperature... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7434746 | Heating device, particularly for a vehicle A heating device, particularly for a vehicle, includes a burner for producing combustion heat, and also a heat exchanger for transferring combustion heat produced in the burner to a medium to be heated. ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7059537 | Engine pre-heater system A system for pre-heating an internal combustion engine includes a heated gas generator unit that is connected to water flowing through the engine in a manner to transfer heat from the heated gases to the water. Once the engine is pre-heated, the system embodying the... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7055760 | Temperature maintaining apparatus and temperature control apparatus and method therefor A method and apparatus are provided for maintaining a temperature between a first value and a second value. The method and apparatus utilize a heat transfer device capable of cycling through a series of cycles, the device being capable of changing the temperature fr... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7017828 | Blower assisted heating and defogging system for small aircraft For the purposes of increasing pilot visibility and comfort in small planes during winter conditions, this invention provides an auxiliary heating system. Prior to actual flight, that is to say that during start up, warm up, taxi and takeoff, a small aircraft does n... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6983890 | Vehicle heating appliance with a valve in the fuel supply The vehicle heating appliance comprises a fuel supply (12) for supplying a liquid fuel to a combustion device (24) and a remotely controllable valve (46) disposed in the fuel supply (12). In order to provide a vehicle with a heating appli... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6955303 | Heating system and process for influencing air flows in a heating system A heating system for heating air, especially for heating the interior of a motor vehicle, with a first heater (10), a second heater (12), and a flow path between the first heater (10) and the second heater (12), there being at least one a... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6926207 | Divided or interconnected after-run vehicle interior heating system An after-run heating system for a vehicle includes a pump and a control circuit therefor located in the engine compartment and a separate vehicle fan control circuit located in the passenger compartment. The after-run heating system is configurable at the time of in... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6926206 | Air heating device for integration into an air-conducting housing arrangement An air heating device for integration into an air-conducting housing arrangement, particularly a housing arrangement of a vehicle air conditioner, includes a burner region, a heat exchanger region with a heat exchanger body, wherein in the heat exchanger body a comb... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6874695 | Control system for, and a method of, heating an operator station of a work machine There are situations in which an operator remains in an operator station of a work machine when an engine of the work machine is inactive. The present invention includes a control system for, and a method of, heating the operator station when the engine is inactive.... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6793147 | Heating system and process for influencing air flows in a heating system A heating system for heating air, especially for heating the interior of a motor vehicle, with a first heater (10), a second heater (12), and a flow path between the first heater (10) and the second heater (12), there being at least one a... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6712282 | Fluid delivery device, particularly for delivery of combustion air to a heating burner of a motor vehicle A fluid delivery device, in particular for the delivery of combustion air to a heating burner of a motor vehicle or for the delivery of heating medium, preferably heating air, through a heating medium duct system of a motor vehicle, comprises a delivery member which... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6712283 | Heating apparatus and housing for a heating apparatus The invention pertains to a heating apparatus (1), in particular, an auxiliary heater and/or a parking heater for a motor vehicle, with a one-piece or one-part housing (2) that contains a combustion chamber shaft (3), in which a heat transfer ca... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6702189 | Auxiliary heater for a motor vehicle with detection of a safety-critical state An auxiliary heater for a motor vehicle equipped with a control device for controlling the operation of the auxiliary heater. In order to increase passenger protection in the motor vehicle, the control device is set up to detect a signal from at least one... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6702190 | Heat transfer system for a vehicle A heat transfer system for transferring heat for use onboard a vehicle includes a conductor arranged to conduct exhaust gas discharged from an engine of the vehicle along a serpentine path to generate back pressure for transmission to the engine so that h... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6638031 | Heating system for motor vehicles including multi-function pump with axially displaceable impeller The invention relates to a heating system, particularly for motor vehicles, in which a heat exchange arrangement operating in the manner of a heating member can be thermally coupled by means of a hydraulic heat transfer circuit, particularly a water circu... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6557773 | Heating system for heating the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle A heating system for heating the interior of a motor vehicle including a combustion heater for burning fuel in order to heat air supplied to the vehicle interior and/or liquid in the vehicle in the cooling circuit of the engine. An electrical heating devi... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6540151 | Heater, especially an engine-independent vehicle heating system An engine-independent vehicle heating system has a connection piece that communicates with a combustion chamber and is linked with a fuel supply. The heater system has a glowing body that is fastened in the connection piece and evaporates and ignites the ... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6540150 | Fuel-operated air heater A fuel-operated air heater (1) is disclosed, especially an air heater for automobiles that is operated independent from the motor. The inventive heater comprises a burner (2), a combustion chamber (3) and a heat exchanger (4). Hot air (5) is circulated th... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6536679 | Heating system The invention is based on a heating system for a motor vehicle, which is driven by an internal combustion engine (10), in which a heater (30) includes a combustion chamber (32) with a fuel injection device (34) and an ignition device (35) and also include... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6536680 | Combustor with non-combustion air introduction In a combustor for supplying combustion heat to a heater core and an intake side of an engine, when the engine is started, combustion gas is supplied to an intake side of the engine while non-combustion air is introduced into a combustion gas passage part... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6527548 | Self powered electric generating space heater A self-powered space heater. At least one thermoelectric module is sandwiched between a hot surface of a combustion chamber of a fluid fired space heater and a room air-cooled heat exchanger for transferring heat from the space heater to room air. A blowe... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6484951 | Thermostat with carbon monoxide warning feature A thermostat comprising an audible alarm or LCD, and sensing means for sensing at least one signal from at least one external carbon monoxide detector. The thermostat is configured to change the temperature setting to 50° F., and to trigger the audible a... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6431459 | Liquid fuel-operated water heater or air heater of a motor vehicle A heater, especially a liquid fuel-operated water heater (10) or air heater of a motor vehicle in the form of an auxiliary heater or a parking heater has a housing jacket (1) and a heat exchanger (2) as well as with a control device (11) for regulating or... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6427924 | Combustion type heater A combustion type heater of this invention includes fuel distribution means 11 for distributing a fuel to the whole surface of a wick 10, disposed upstream of the wick in a fuel passage. The fuel distribution means comprises fuel distribution grooves 15 a... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6364212 | Heating device The invention relates to a heating device, especially for a motor vehicle, with a burner, to which fuel is supplied from a tank via a fuel line by means of a pump, especially a piston pump, and with an electronically controllable valve means which is inse... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6220522 | Internal combustion engine having combustion heater An internal combustion engine having a combustion heater capable of simply preventing thermal damages to structures of intake system of the internal combustion engine, enhancing a starting characteristic of the engine in a low-temperature state, even when... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6213406 | Automotive evaporation combustion heater It is sought to reduce combustion rise time at the start of driving, increase the combustion efficiency per unit heat exchanger volume and reduce the heater size. A ring-like fuel evaporating medium 4 is provided on an end wall of a combustion chamber for... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6209796 | Heater plenum assembly for utility vehicle A vehicle heating system includes a heater plenum assembly externally attached to an engine exhaust pipe, to use exhaust heat to heat outside air flowing through the plenum into passenger cabin. The plenum includes a plurlality of aluminum plenum air tube... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6164554 | Pressure atomizing type burner for an engine independent heating system in a vehicle The present invention pertains to a present atomizing type burner (1) for an engine independent heating system in a vehicle, comprising a pump (2) for feeding liquid fuel (4) through the fuel pipe (5) to the spray nozzle (3), a ventilator (6) for feeding ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6164553 | Heat recovery system and heat exchanger therefor This invention relates to a heat exchanger for a vehicle with an internal combustion engine and an exhaust pipe extending from the internal combustion engine having a main member with a first end and a second end. The main member has an exhaust passageway... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6106282 | Fuel-operated heater A fuel-operated heater, especially an auxiliary heater for a motor vehicle, with a fuel feed pump and/or with a combustion air fan, the heater, being operated in a predetermined lambda range. The heater is associated with a pressure sensor, by which the c... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6098894 | Apparatus for supplying fuel to vehicular combustion heater In an apparatus for supplying a fuel to a vehicular combustion heater which supplies the fuel from a fuel tank via a fuel pump to the heater which is mounted on an electric vehicle, discharging into atmosphere of fuel vapor from the fuel tank is restricte... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6089465 | Heater with exhaust outlet connection integrated into the heat exchanger A heater, especially an auxiliary motor vehicle heater, with a burner in a combustion chamber (2) which is surrounded by a generally pot-shaped, die cast heat exchanger (4) which has inner and outer parts (5, 6) and between which an intermediate space (11... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6082625 | Transit vehicle heater A supplementary vehicle heater is provided which includes a bumer, a heat exchanger, a coolant conduit connected to the heat exchanger and a coolant pump connected to the conduit. There are controls which are operatively connected to the burner and the co... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6079629 | Vehicle heating apparatus having combustor A heating apparatus for a vehicle includes a heat exchanger for heating air blown into a passenger compartment by using cooling water for cooling an engine as a heating source, and a combustor for heating cooling water flowing into the heat exchanger. Whe... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6076593 | Method of and apparatus for controlling vehicular air-conditioning system A control apparatus controls a vehicular air-conditioning system to control a fuel-combustion heater for producing combustion heat to heat a heating medium in a heating medium circuit which heats air flowing through a duct having air outlets openable into... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6071071 | Side-channel fan, in particular for supplying combustion air in an independent heater of a motor vehicle A side-channel fan (1), especially for feeding combustion air in a parking heater (2) of a motor vehicle, with a fan body part (3) in an axial connection to an impeller (4), wherein the fan body part (3) has an inlet channel (5) and an outlet channel (6) ... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6042016 | Air conditioner for vehicles An air conditioner for vehicles includes a combustion heater and a heat pump. The air conditioner comprises a heat medium heater-heating operation starting system, and a heating-condition switching system. The heat medium is subjected to heat exchange wit... | 03/28/2000 |
