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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2013
Voss Automotive Gmbh, Wipperfurth, DE;
Olav Borgmeier, Huckeswagen, DE;
Eduard Bruck, Leverkusen, DE;
Ulrich Erb, Koln-Porz, DE;
Reiner Grundel, Gummersbach, DE;
Martin Lechner, Lindlar, DE;
Frank Peters, Lindlar, DE;
Sascha Rosenfeldt, Wipperfurth, DE;
Otfried Schwartzkopf, Kurten, DE;
Ahmet Gunduz, Remscheid, DE;
Marco Isenburg, Ratingen, DE;
VOSS Automotive GmbH, Wipperfurth, DE;
Abstract
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.