Abstract: A heating installation, especially for heating a passenger space in a motor vehicle, with at least one heat-exchanger that is adapted to be connected as a heat-absorbing heat-exchanger to a heat source, preferably to the exhaust gas pipe, and can be provided as a heat-emitting heat-exchanger at any desired place in the passenger space; the heat-exchanger is thereby accommodated in a housing and a medium is provided inside of this housing for the heat transfer which has a high heat-storage capacity and continues to transfer heat to the heat-conducting medium over long periods of time even after termination of the heat supply from the heat source or in case the heat source supplies relatively small quantities of heat.

Abstract: A power supply of installations, especially of motor vehicles, driven by internal combustion engines which consists of a generator, a storage battery and loads as well as corresponding switching means; at least one thermionic converter acted upon by the hot exhaust gases serves as generator while at least one electric motor feeding mechanically into the drive connection of the installation is provided as load; the thermionic converter or converters as well as preferably also the storage capacity of the battery are designed as regards their power output for approximately the utilizable thermal energy of the exhaust gases of the internal combustion engine.

Abstract: A heating system for motor vehicles with a heat-exchanger that is connected to the cooling system of the internal combustion engine; at least one heat conductor adapted to be acted upon by the exhaust system terminates in the flow path of the cooling water upstream of the heat-exchanger for the heating system.