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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2005
Günter Eberspach, Wolfschlugen, DE;
Günter Eberspach, Wolfschlugen, DE;
J. Eberspächer GmbH & Co. KG, Esslingen, DE;
Abstract
A heating system for a vehicle includes a heater () with a first electric heating device (), which can be operated to ignite an air/fuel mixture present in a combustion chamber (), and with a second electric heating device () for supporting the evaporation of the fuel. An actuating device () is provided for putting the heater () into operation after a start command has been generated. A first start command generating device () can be actuated by a user to generate a start command and a second start command generating device () generates a start command according to an operating program. The actuating device () operates the second heating device () at a lower heat output after a start command has been generated by means of the second start command generating device ().