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EP3125646B1
EP3125646B1 EP15179367.6A EP15179367A EP3125646B1 EP 3125646 B1 EP3125646 B1 EP 3125646B1 EP 15179367 A EP15179367 A EP 15179367A EP 3125646 B1 EP3125646 B1 EP 3125646B1
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Jean-Philippe Gries
Cem Celebi
Jérôme Heitz
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B3/00—Ohmic-resistance heating
    • H05B3/20—Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional plane, e.g. plate-heater
    • H05B3/22—Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional plane, e.g. plate-heater non-flexible
    • H05B3/24—Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional plane, e.g. plate-heater non-flexible heating conductor being self-supporting
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B2203/00—Aspects relating to Ohmic resistive heating covered by group H05B3/00
    • H05B2203/022—Heaters specially adapted for heating gaseous material
    • H05B2203/023—Heaters of the type used for electrically heating the air blown in a vehicle compartment by the vehicle heating system

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  • the invention relates to an electric heater according to the preamble of claim 1. Furthermore, the invention relates to a heating or air conditioning system with such an electric heater.
  • the waste heat generated by the motor vehicle engine is often used, which arises after the motor vehicle engine is started.
  • the waste heat is available in a sufficient for the desired heating capacity measure only after a warm-up phase.
  • particularly low-consumption motor vehicle engines usually produce only very little waste heat.
  • motor vehicles with an electric motor as a drive motor Against this background, it makes sense, especially in cold outside temperatures, to use electrical heaters or electrical adjuvanten.
  • the DE 10 2011 051 310 A1 discloses an auxiliary heater for a vehicle having a PTC heating module, Radiation fins and a holding unit that secures the PTC heating module to coolant tubes, which are provided on opposite sides of the auxiliary heater.
  • the holding unit comprises an upper holder and an upper holding lid.
  • the upper holder has a guide slot in which the PTC heating module is held.
  • the additional heating device or the heating device is mounted between the coolant tubes or the coolant tubes of a radiator without the use of an additional holding device.
  • An embodiment of the invention relates to an electric heater, in particular for a motor vehicle, with a heating element with contact plates and PTC elements, and with a control unit, wherein the control unit comprises a printed circuit board with at least one electronic circuit and wherein the control unit at least one power transistor with a Transistor housing, wherein at least one contact plate is thermally connected to the transistor housing.
  • the control unit comprises a printed circuit board with at least one electronic circuit and wherein the control unit at least one power transistor with a Transistor housing, wherein at least one contact plate is thermally connected to the transistor housing.
  • the invention provides that the electrical heating device has at least one connecting element connected to the at least one contact plate, wherein the at least one connecting element thermally connects the at least one contact plate to the transistor housing.
  • the heat dissipation from the transistor housing is thereby further improved and counteracted heating of the power transistors and the circuit board.
  • the at least one connecting element and / or the at least one contact plate is / are connected to the transistor housing by gluing, in particular by gluing with a thermally conductive adhesive.
  • a thermally conductive adhesive By using a thermally conductive adhesive, cavities formed by possible microscopic material irregularities are filled between the interconnected components, thus providing a maximum area for heat transfer.
  • a further embodiment of the electrical heating device provides that the at least one contact plate connected to the transistor housing has a positive voltage connection.
  • the at least one connecting element and the at least one contact plate are integrally formed.
  • the at least one connecting element and the at least one contact plate are integrally formed and connected to the transistor housing. This simplifies the manufacture and assembly of the individual components of the electric heater and also improves the heat dissipation from the area of the control unit.
  • An additional embodiment of the electric heating device provides that the at least one contact plate and / or the at least one connecting element is / are connected to a thermally and / or electrically conductive connecting piece, wherein the connecting piece is arranged on the printed circuit board.
  • the at least one power transistor is arranged on a metal carrier, wherein the metal carrier is formed in particular from copper and / or a copper alloy and / or aluminum and / or an aluminum alloy.
  • the metal support can be used for a heat dissipation and the other as an electrical line.
  • An additional embodiment of the electric heating device provides that a voltage connection is arranged on the metal carrier. As a result, the waste heat generated in the area of the connection is also effectively dissipated.
  • An advantageous embodiment of the heating or air conditioning system provides that in the heating or air conditioning system at least one designed according to the above description electric heater can be arranged.
  • a heating or air conditioning is created, which produces a very good heating performance in motor vehicles with modern, consumption-optimized and only to a small extent waste heat producing engines as well as in vehicles with electric motors.
  • sensitive components to be cooled are arranged in a heating or air conditioning electrical heating device in energy, material and space-saving manner cooled.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 each show a schematic view of a first embodiment of an electric heater. 1
  • the electric heater 1 may be arranged in a not shown heating and / or air conditioning of a motor vehicle.
  • the electric heater 1 has a housing 15 and a control unit 5 with a printed circuit board 6.
  • the printed circuit board 6 may have a rigid or a flexible structure.
  • the electrical heating device 1 in the printed circuit board 6 may be a single-layer printed circuit board 6, a two-layer printed circuit board 6 or a multi-layer printed circuit board 6.
  • the electric heating device 1 has a register-shaped or block-shaped heating element 2, which is optionally enclosed by a frame made of metal or plastic.
  • the heating element 2 which for reasons of clarity in FIG. 2 is not shown, projects example transverse to an air flow direction in an air duct 16 of the heating or air conditioning.
  • the structure of the heating element 2 may vary in different embodiments.
  • the heating element 2 has a number of positive-temperature-coefficient elements, such as PTC elements 4, and contact plates 3, 103 and heat-conducting ribs 17 arranged adjacent to the PTC elements 4, respectively.
  • the PTC elements 4 and the heat-conducting ribs 17 are for reasons of clarity in the Figures 2 and 3 also not shown.
  • the heating element 2 may instead the PTC elements 4 also have other forms of resistance heating elements.
  • FIG. 1 It is shown that the heating element 2 in the region of the air duct 16 facing side of the housing 15 via five arranged on the circuit board 6 power connections to the circuit board 6 is thermally and electrically connected. In alternative embodiments, the heating element 2 is thermally and / or electrically connected to the circuit board 6 in other ways. The number of power connections can also vary.
  • the heating element 2 and the printed circuit board 6 are arranged, for example, in a first plane, which vertically intersects the flow cross section of the air channel 16.
  • a substantially plate-shaped metal carrier 12 is arranged on the circuit board 6 is in the in the FIG. 1 illustrated embodiment.
  • power transistors 7 are arranged by way of example.
  • the term power transistor 7 is representative of electronic switching elements which serve to switch currents in the range of about a few amperes to about 100 A or more in order to provide the heating elements 2 of the electric heater 1 with a heating current can.
  • the number of power transistors 7 may vary in various embodiments.
  • the power transistors 7 each have a transistor housing 8.
  • the can Power transistors 7 may be formed in particular as a metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistors.
  • the power transistors 7 are connected to an arranged on the circuit board 6, not shown electronic circuit.
  • the metal carrier 12 has a voltage connection 13, which supplies the electrical heating device 1 with electricity.
  • the electric heater 1 is preferably connected to an unillustrated electrical system of the motor vehicle.
  • the printed circuit board 6 and / or the metal carrier 12 and / or another part of the control unit 5 at least one connection, not shown, for an electronic connection of the electric heater 1 having a drive logic, by means of which the electric heater 1, for example, arranged in the vehicle On-board computer is controllable.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 It is shown that at least one of the contact plates 3 is thermally and optionally electrically connected to a connecting element 9, which in turn is thermally and optionally also electrically connected to one of the transistor housings 8.
  • the connecting element 9 and the transistor housing 8 are in particular connected by gluing with an electrically insulating and / or in particular thermally conductive adhesive.
  • the connecting element 9 and the transistor housing 8 are connected to each other by soldering.
  • the number of connecting elements 9 can vary. Consequently, the number of contact plates 3, which are each connected via a connecting element 9 with a transistor housing 8, vary.
  • FIG. 1 is shown that in this example only contact plates 3 via a connecting element 9 with a transistor housing 8 may be connected, which have a positive voltage terminal 10.
  • an embodiment of an electric heater 101 is shown schematically.
  • the heater 101 is constructed substantially similar to the electric heater 1.
  • the electric heating device 101 may be arranged in a heating and / or air conditioning system, not shown, of a motor vehicle.
  • the electric heating device 101 has a housing 115 and a control unit 105 with a printed circuit board 106.
  • the circuit board 106 may have a rigid or a flexible structure.
  • the printed circuit board 106 may be a single-layer printed circuit board 106, a two-layer printed circuit board 106, or a multi-layer printed circuit board 106.
  • the electric heating device 101 has a register-shaped or block-shaped heating element, which is optionally enclosed by a frame made of metal or plastic.
  • the heating element which for reasons of clarity in FIG. 3 is not shown, is arranged by way of example transverse to an air flow direction in an air duct of the heating or air conditioning.
  • the construction of the heating element may vary in different embodiments.
  • the heating element has a number of positive-temperature-coefficient (PTC) elements and contact plates 103 and heat-conducting fins respectively arranged adjacent to the PTC elements.
  • PTC positive-temperature-coefficient
  • the PTC elements and the heat-conducting ribs are in the interests of clarity FIG. 3 also not shown.
  • the heating element disposed in the electric heater 101 may include other forms of resistance heating elements than the PTC elements.
  • At least one contact plate 103 of the heating element is integrally formed with a connecting element 109 and thermally and optionally also electrically connected via the integrally formed with him connecting element 109 to the transistor housing 108 of a printed circuit board 106 or a metal carrier, not shown, power transistor 107.
  • the integrally formed with the contact plate 103 connecting element 109 and the transistor housing 108 in particular by gluing with an electrically insulating and / or in particular thermally conductive adhesive connected.
  • only the contact sheets 103 are connected in the manner described to the transistor housing 108, which have a positive voltage connection.
  • the at least one contact plate 103 is designed to extend in such a way that it extends from the heating element into the housing 115 as far as the transistor housing 108 and to the transistor housing 108, in particular by bonding with an electrically insulating and / or in particular thermally conductive adhesive. connected is.
  • At least one connector 111 is arranged on the circuit board 106, which connects the circuit board 106 with the at least one contact plate 103 thermally and / or electrically.

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  1. Dispositif de chauffage électrique (1, 101), en particulier pour un véhicule automobile, ledit dispositif de chauffage électrique comprenant un élément chauffant (2) comportant des tôles de contact (3, 103) et comportant des éléments (4) à coefficient de température positif - CTP -, et comprenant une unité de commande (5, 105), où l'unité de commande (5, 105) présente une plaquette de circuits imprimés (6, 106) comportant au moins un circuit électronique et où l'unité de commande (5, 105) présente au moins un transistor de puissance (7, 107) ayant un boîtier de transistor (8, 108), où au moins une tôle de contact (3, 103) est reliée thermiquement au boîtier de transistor (8, 108), caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de chauffage électrique (1, 101) présente au moins un élément de connexion (9, 109) relié à la tôle de contact (3, 103) au moins au nombre de un, où l'élément de connexion (9, 109) au moins au nombre de un relie thermiquement la tôle de contact (3, 103) au moins au nombre de un, au boîtier de transistor (8, 108), où l'élément de connexion (9, 109) au moins au nombre de un est relié au boîtier de transistor (8, 108), par collage réalisé avec un adhésif conducteur de la chaleur.
  2. Dispositif de chauffage électrique (1, 101) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la tôle de contact (3, 103) au moins au nombre de un reliée au boîtier de transistor (8, 108) présente une borne de tension positive (10).
  3. Dispositif de chauffage électrique (1, 101) selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de connexion (9, 109) au moins au nombre de un et la tôle de contact (3, 103) au moins au nombre de un sont configurés en formant une seule et même pièce.
  4. Dispositif de chauffage électrique (1, 101) selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de connexion (9, 109) au moins au nombre de un et la tôle de contact (3, 103) au moins au nombre de un sont configurés en formant une seule et même pièce et sont reliés au boîtier de transistor (8, 108).
  5. Dispositif de chauffage électrique (1, 101) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la tôle de contact (3, 103) au moins au nombre de un et / ou l'élément de connexion (9, 109) au moins au nombre de un est relié(e) / sont reliés thermiquement et / ou de manière électroconductrice à une pièce de connexion (111), où la pièce de connexion (111) est disposée sur la plaquette de circuits imprimés (6, 106).
  6. Dispositif de chauffage électrique (1, 101) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le transistor de puissance (7, 107) au moins au nombre de un est disposé sur un support métallique (12), où le support métallique (12) est formé en se composant en particulier de cuivre et / ou d'un alliage de cuivre et / ou en se composant d'aluminium et / ou d'un alliage d'aluminium.
  7. Dispositif de chauffage électrique (1, 101) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'une borne de tension (14), en particulier négative, est disposée sur le support métallique (12) .
  8. Système de chauffage ou de climatisation caractérisé en ce qu'au moins un dispositif de chauffage électrique (1, 101) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7 est disposé dans le système de chauffage ou de climatisation.
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