US 12,214,645 B2
Heating device with a housing assembly
Ziran Tong, Hubei (CN); and Kong Zhang, Hubei (CN)
Assigned to VALEO AUTOMOTIVE AIR CONDITIONING HUBEI CO. LTD., Hubei (CN)
Appl. No. 17/434,154
Filed by VALEO AUTOMOTIVE AIR CONDITIONING HUBEI CO. LTD., Hubei (CN)
PCT Filed Feb. 27, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/076940
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/173479, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201910149300.9 (CN), filed on Feb. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0169092 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. B60H 1/03 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/034 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00428 (2013.01); B60H 1/00521 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A housing assembly for facilitating electrical connectivity to a heater core of a heating device, comprising:
a housing is configured with a protruded portion;
a first terminal configured on the protruded portion of the housing and adapted to be electrically connected with a first bus bar; and
a second terminal configured on a first end of the housing and adapted to be electrically connected with a second bus bar,
wherein the first bus bar and the second bus bar are connected to the heater core to provide an electrical connectivity to the heater core,
wherein the first terminal and the second terminal are laterally offset to each other, and are at least partially on opposite sides of a reference line coinciding with an edge of a printed circuit board received in the housing.