Intake air heating apparatus

Patent · Tue May 26 04:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:6365372

Hori, M; Nomura, E; Niwa, H; Mukai, H; Tanaka, T

This patent describes an intake air heating apparatus adapted to be positioned in the air intake passage of an intake manifold of an internal combustion engine. The apparatus comprises: a heater member of semiconductive ceramic material in the configuration of a grid having apertures for passing air therethrough between opposite sides thereof; spaced frame members supporting therebetween edge portions of the heater member; a pair of electric terminals fixed to at least one of the frame members; electrode lead members connected to the terminals and extending adjacent one side of the heater member; and metal plate members inserted between the heater member one side and the electrode lead members and making electrical contact therebetween.

• Assignee: Nippondenso Co., Ltd., Kariya and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota
• Patent Number(s): US 4667644
• OSTI ID: 6365372
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
330100* -- Internal Combustion Engines
AIR FLOW
AIR HEATERS
APERTURES
CERAMICS
CONDUCTOR DEVICES
CONNECTORS
ELECTRIC CONTACTS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTRODES
ENGINES
EQUIPMENT
FLUID FLOW
GAS FLOW
HEAT ENGINES
HEATERS
INTAKE STRUCTURES
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
MATERIALS
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
OPENINGS
POSITIONING
SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS
VEHICLES