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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1997
Shigeru Suzuki, Kariya, JP;
Takashi Ban, Kariya, JP;
Tatsuya Hirose, Kariya, JP;
Takahiro Moroi, Kariya, JP;
Kiyoshi Yagi, Kariya, JP;
Nobuaki Hoshino, Kariya, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A viscous fluid type heat generator including a housing assembly in which a heat generating chamber confining therein a heat generative viscous fluid to which a shearing action is applied by a rotor element rotated by a drive shaft, and having inner wall surfaces confronting outer surfaces of the rotor element, the inner wall surfaces of the heat generating chamber and the outer faces of the rotor elements defining a small space in which the heat generative viscous fluid is held, and having fluid movement regulator formed by an elongate recess or ridge formed therein to increase or suppress heat generation of the viscous fluid during the rotation of the rotor element in response to a change in an environmental condition in which the heat generator is used, and a change in an operation condition of the viscous fluid heat generator.