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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2010
Ignacio Garcia-lorenzana, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Stephane Leonard, Brussels, BE;
Frédéric Jannot, Bousval, BE;
Laurent Etorre, Schaerbeek, BE;
Ignacio Garcia-Lorenzana, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Stephane Leonard, Brussels, BE;
Frédéric Jannot, Bousval, BE;
Laurent Etorre, Schaerbeek, BE;
INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (Société Anonyme), Brussels, BE;
Abstract
A flange () for holding a quantity of fluid within a tank, such flange being equipped with a heating element comprising at least one resistive wire () for conducting an electrical current and dissipating heat as an effect of said current, wherein the heating element further comprises guiding means (), and wherein the at least one resistive wire () is guided at a plurality of separate locations along its length by the guiding means () to form a heating surface, wherein a first part of the heating surface is present inside the flange () and a second part of the heating surface is present outside the flange ().