US 12,434,539 B2
Heater device
Ziran Tong, Hubei (CN); and Qiang Geng, Hubei (CN)
Assigned to VALEO AUTOMOTIVE AIR CONDITIONING HUBEI CO., LTD., Jingzhou (CN)
Filed by VALEO AUTOMOTIVE AIR CONDITIONING HUBEI CO., LTD., Hubei (CN)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/456,769.
Application 17/456,769 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/093291, filed on May 29, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201910469573.1 (CN), filed on May 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0097485 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. H05B 3/78 (2006.01); B60H 1/22 (2006.01); H05B 3/02 (2006.01); H01R 12/55 (2011.01); H01R 24/66 (2011.01); H01R 101/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/2225 (2013.01) [B60H 1/2218 (2013.01); H05B 3/02 (2013.01); H01R 12/55 (2013.01); H01R 24/66 (2013.01); H01R 2101/00 (2013.01); H05B 2203/016 (2013.01); H05B 2203/023 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heater device for a vehicle, dedicated to be provided in a heating ventilation and air conditioning system (HVAC) to provide hot air to the vehicle's cabin, comprising:
a plurality of heating elements;
a bus bar assembly, comprising;
a first bus-bar having a first set of connecting legs formed in a first side of the first bus-bar, and
a second bus-bar having a coupling element formed in a first side of the second busbar with a first side of a printed circuit board received therein,
wherein a second set of connecting legs is formed adjacent to the coupling element and coupled directly to the first side of the printed circuit board, and
wherein one of the first set of connecting legs and second set of connecting legs is a positive set of connecting legs, and the other of the first set of connecting legs and second set of connecting legs is a negative set of connecting legs,
a control circuit provided on the printed circuit board and in-proximity to the coupling element and the second set of connecting legs for controlling the plurality of heating elements;
wherein the second bus-bar is connected to the second set of connecting legs through the control circuit for controlling the plurality of heating elements.