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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2013
Applicant:
Borgwarner Beru Systems Gmbh, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Inventors:
Thomas Giffels, Stuttgart, DE;
Ralph Waechter, Pfinztal, DE;
Michael Luppold, Dettenheim, DE;
Alexander Dauth, Maulbronn, DE;
Klaus Lehmann, Oberderdingen, DE;
Assignee:
BorgWarner Ludwigsburg GmbH, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/00 (2006.01); B23K 9/00 (2006.01); H05B 3/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 9/0008 (2013.01); H05B 3/24 (2013.01); H05B 2203/017 (2013.01); H05B 2203/02 (2013.01); H05B 2203/023 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure relates to a method for producing a heating rod for a vehicle heating apparatus, said method comprising the following steps: arranging at least one PTC element and at least one contact element in a tube, which is formed from sheet metal and is open along a longitudinal side; welding portions of the sheet metal that bear against one another by means of a weld seam running in the longitudinal direction of the tube. This disclosure also relates to such a heating rod.