Voss Automotive Gmbh

Marco Isenburg

Otfried Schwarzkopf

Josef Brandt

Tobias Etscheid

Martin Lechner

Sascha Rosenfeldt

Frank Peters

Olav Borgmeier

Manfred Berg

Ulrich Erb

Michele Stelluto

Mark Heienbrok

Markus Jeschonnek

Christoph Schöneberg

Adrian Klehr

Reinhard Plietsch

Martin Sachse

Eduard Bruck

Reiner Grundel

Otfried Schwartzkopf

Ahmet Gunduz

Horst Plum

Jochem-Andreas Hess

Reiner Mitterer

Eugen Heinrichs

Frank Zenses

Lukas Röhrig

Volker Zieris

Christian Zwillus

Waldemar Wilms

Eduard Brück

Erb Ulrich

Reiner Gründel

Ahmet Gündüz

Daniel Häger

Andreas Baensch

Oliver Preiss

Olaf Offermann

Christoph SCHÖNEBERG

A connector arrangement for connecting heatable fluid lines including at least one first coupling component and at least one second coupling component. The first coupling component and the second coupling component being connectable to each other, and each including at least one first fluid line, at least one first fluid line interface, at least one first electrical conductor, and at least one first electrical interface. The second coupling component includes at least one second fluid lien, and at least one of the first and second coupling components includes at least one fluid line splitter.

Connector arrangement for connecting heatable fluid lines

A heat conductor and a heated media line having an inner tubular fluid line and at least one heat conductor arranged on the periphery thereof. The heat conductor is formed by a braid made of twisted individual wires and, in particular, an outer protective sheath surrounding the heat conductor and the fluid line. The braid is formed by at least six individual wires surrounding a support element, of which at least one individual wire is made of a copper-nickel (CuNi) alloy, and the remaining individual wires are produced from copper (Cu) or from a nickel-chromium (NiCr) alloy. All of the individual wires have the same diameter.

Heated media line

A multi-part line, wherein line parts are provided, at ends of said line parts, with at least one connector assembly having at least one retaining element, wherein a connector part of the connector assembly of a line part and a coupling part of the connector assembly of the adjacent line part can be or are connected by overplugging and locking the at least one retaining element. At least one insulating element is arranged in the overplugging region of the connector part of the connector assemblies that can be or are connected to each other, which insulating element is designed as an axially compressible closed ring made of a material that has low heat conduction at least in the outer region of the insulating element, which ring has an inner passage opening in order provide insulation in the overplugging regions between the connector assemblies, in which overplugging regions no heating by, for example, the engine of a vehicle or other heat sources occurs, which insulation enables economical and also effective insulation during the operation and also during the standstill of a vehicle and is protected against unintentional or inadvertent removal.

Multi-part line having an insulating element for insulating a transition region between connector assemblies

An assembled heatable media line having a media line having at least two heating elements arranged on the exterior of the media line and at least one line connector. In order to heat the at least one line connector, only one of the heating elements is arranged at or on said line connector and at least partially surrounds the same.

Assembled heatable media line comprising a media line having at least two heating elements arranged on the exterior thereof, and method for the production thereof

A preassembled line for axial engagement with a mating coupling part. The preassembled line includes a line connector having of a connector body with a connecting portion to which a media line is connected and also includes a coupling portion with sealing means for sealing relative to the mating coupling part. The media line is provided with a heating wire arranged on the coupling portion. The connector body, the media line and the heating wire being surrounded at one end by a housing that has a latching part for connecting with the mating coupling part. The latching part is formed on the housing portion surrounding the coupling portion. Sealing of the preassembled media line to the mating coupling part is separated from connecting of the preassembled media line to the mating coupling part and separately performed by the connector body and the housing.

Preassembled media line

A line connector having a connector piece with at least one junction portion for junction connection to a media line or to an assembly, a transitional portion contiguous to the junction portion, and a flow duct. In at least the region of the transitional portion, an electrical heating element for the media line is provided in an arrangement at least partially surrounding the flow duct. The connector piece, together with the heating element, is surrounded by an outer cladding. At least one of the junction portions is designed as a hollow, cylindrical receptacle for directly plugging in the end of the media line, the media line being capable of being fastened in a materially integral manner. The junction portion including, at least in regions, a material transparent to laser beams in such a way that the media line can be fastened by way of laser welding.

Line connector for media lines

A heatable fluid line having a pipeline and an electrical heat conductor extending at least over a section of the pipeline. The pipeline has at least two longitudinal sections that are configured differently in respect of the material properties and/or design thereof. At least one first longitudinal section is formed of a first material and a second longitudinal section is formed of a second material. The material of the second longitudinal section is more flexible and/or has a higher resilience than the material of the first longitudinal section. A described method for producing the fluid line relates to an adaptive attachment of the heat conductor on the outside of the pipeline that permits the heat conductor to be wound around fluid coupling and/or connector parts, in particular the housings by means of which the line is assembled, without strand separation.

Heatable fluid line, use thereof and method for producing same

An assembled media line, or a section of a media line, for connecting a tank to a dosing unit in order to add a reducing agent into a SCR catalyst system of an internal combustion engine. The fluid line has electric heating in some sections for heating of the fluid. The fluid line is additionally provided, at least in some areas, with fluid tempering. In use, the media line connects a tank to a dosing unit in order to add a reducing agent in a SCR catalyst system of an internal combustion engine, and wherein the engine coolant is used as tempering fluid. The tempering is achieved by inclusion of at least one tempering line running alongside the fluid line. A line connector for such a media line includes a connecting housing in which the fluid line and two tempering lines can be connected.

Fabricated media line and use in an SCR catalyst system

For a heatable medium pipe having at least one pipe connector and heating element, wherein the heating element has a few wires, in particular one or two wires, wherein the wire(s) extend continuously along the medium pipe and along the at least one pipe connector. In a method for producing a heatable medium pipe, comprising the medium pipe, at least one pipe connector, a transition area between the medium pipe and the pipe connector, and at least one heating element, wherein the heating element has a few wires, in particular one or two wires, the medium pipe is pre-assembled with the at least one pipe connector, the wire or the few wires of the heating element are pre-assembled as a double-laid, one or two-part element or as an element connected to form a continuous part, the wire(s) are fastened on the outside of the pipe connector, transition area and medium pipe, and the ends of the wire(s) are guided into a feed-in connector for connecting to a current source or voltage source.

Heatable medium pipe

A heatable medium pipe having at least one pipe connector and heating element, wherein the heating element has a few wires, in particular two wires, and said wires extend continuously along the medium pipe and along the at least one pipe connector. In a method for producing such a heatable medium pipe, the heating element is continuously wound around a tubular medium pipe and the heating element is pre-assembled on the medium pipe in that the heating element is fastened or fixed by at least one fastening element, the medium pipe is cut to a first length for the particular application, the length corresponding to the desired medium pipe length (l) plus the heating element length (l) required for wrapping around the at least one pipe connector and the transition area the fastening element is removed in the region outside the desired medium pipe length (l), the heating element is unwrapped from the medium pipe section cut from the first length, the medium pipe is cut to the desired medium pipe length (l) to form a second medium pipe section, the medium pipe section is connected to the at least one pipe connector as the medium pipe, and the heating element is at least wrapped around the at least one pipe connector.

Heatable medium pipe and method for producing same

The present invention relates to an electrically heatable media line (), comprising a fluid line () and at least one fluid connector () connected to a line end (). The fluid line () and the fluid connector () respectively have electric heating means (), wherein the fluid line () and/or the fluid connector () including electric connections () of the heating means () are/is enclosed by a plastic molding compound.

Heatable media line

The present invention relates to a connection device () for at least one media line (), such as for a urea-water solution for exhaust gas after-treatment in a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine. The connection device comprises a connection part () having a socket () for the circumferentially sealed insertion of a line-side plug section (), and retention means () for locking the inserted plug section () in place to prevent detachment. The retention means () is configured in such a way that starting from a normal operating position the inserted and locked plug section () can be moved over a specific travel path relative to the connection part () in opposition to a return force (F), in order to enlarge an internal volume inside the connection part () to which the medium is admitted.

Connection device for media lines

The present invention relates to a preassembled media line with a line connector, composed of a connector body with a connecting portion to which a media line is connected, and with a coupling portion for sealed connection to a mating coupling part. In this arrangement, the media line is provided with a heating wire and said heating wire is continued from the connector body and the media line, when connected, in such a manner that it is arranged at least partially on the coupling portion. The connector body and the media line are surrounded at the end by a housing formed, in particular, from housing shells, the sealing function and a retaining function being divided between the housing and the connector body.

The present invention relates to a line connector for media lines, consisting of a connector piece with at least one junction portion for junction connection to a media line or to an assembly and with a transitional portion contiguous to the junction portion and having a flow duct. In this case, at least in the region of the transitional portion, electrical heating means are provided in an arrangement at least partially surrounding the flow duct. Furthermore, the invention relates to a ready-made media line consisting of a pipeline with a heating conductor arranged on the circumference and with a heatable line connector fastened at least to one pipeline end of the media line.

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Ratingen, Germany

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