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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2014
Mahle International Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Jean-Philippe Gries, Colmar, FR;
Christophe Schmittheisler, Epfig, FR;
MAHLE International GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
An electric heater for an automobile vehicle, having at least one heating element and at least one circuit board, with the circuit board being connected to a control unit and/or to a power supply and having at least one contact area through which an electrical connection between a heating element and a control unit and/or a power supply can be realized, the heating element possessing at least one PTC-heating element, with the heating element being connected to the circuit board with at least one connecting element, whereby the first connecting element features at least one protruding element and the contact area offering at least one through hole, with the at least one protruding element being insertable into the at least one through hole of the contact area.