Abstract: A combustion chamber assembly for a heating device includes a combustion chamber housing which forms a combustion chamber, and an ignition member which projects with an ignition section into the combustion chamber. An evaporator medium, surrounding the combustion chamber radially outward at least regionally, is provided on an outer circumferential wall, bounding the combustion chamber radially outward, of the combustion chamber housing, into which evaporator medium fuel to be evaporated is introduced through the outer circumferential wall.

Abstract: An air heating device for integration into an air-conducting housing arrangement, particularly a housing arrangement of a vehicle air conditioner, includes a burner region, a heat exchanger region with a heat exchanger body, wherein in the heat exchanger body a combustion exhaust gas conducting space is constituted in which flow the hot combustion exhaust gases produced in the combustion in the burner region. At an outer side of the heat exchanger body a heat transfer rib arrangement with numerous heat exchange ribs for the air conducted in the housing arrangement to flow around; wherein at least a portion of the heat transfer ribs are constituted separately from the heat exchanger body and are kept in heat transfer contact with this.

Abstract: An exhaust gas cooler for an internal combustion engine, preferably in a motor vehicle, includes a housing through which exhaust gas can flow in the longitudinal direction and in which a partition extends in the longitudinal direction and separates a first chamber from a second chamber. An inlet communicates in the housing with a first chamber and through which the exhaust gas flows into the housing. An outlet communicates in the housing at least with the second chamber and via which the exhaust gas flows out of the housing. The partition has at least one overflow opening through which the first chamber communicates with the second chamber.

Abstract: An air treatment module, in particular for thermal treatment of air to be introduced into the vehicle interior of a vehicle, includes a support arrangement to be fixed to a vehicle, a fan arrangement supported by the support arrangement, a first heat exchanger arrangement, supported on the support arrangement, for thermal treatment of air forwarded by the fan arrangement, further including a heating device and a second heat exchanger arrangement receiving heat from the heating device, the heating device and the second heat exchanger arrangement being supported on the support arrangement.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a shipping system (1) for shipping articles, comprising a shipping box (2) which can be converted between an in-use state in which it can be loaded with articles and a not-in-use state in which it has a reduced height in comparison with the in-use state while having the same base area, and comprising multiple positioning elements that are stackable one above the other, each having at least one holding fixture arranged side-by-side to hold a section of one of the articles. The shipping box (2) is designed to accommodate at least one stack of positioning elements in the in-use state and in the not-in-use state it is designed to accommodate the positioning elements.

Abstract: A temperature-controlled fuel valve, especially for a fuel-operated heating burner of a vehicle heating system has at least one valve member (40) that is adjustable as a function of a temperature in the area of a heating burner (30).

Abstract: In an exhaust housing part of a motor vehicle, particularly for an exhaust muffler or an exhaust gas catalyst of an automobile, with a sheet blank as a semi-finished part which, after a stamping process in a tool, forms an upper half shell or a lower half shell of a half-shell muffler or catalyst; or after a wrapping process in a tool, forms a wrapped exhaust gas funnel or cylinder, or an exhaust gas pipe connection; it is proposed to prefabricate the sheet blank as an integral, profiled sheet metal part of differing thickness, with at least one strip section of smaller thickness, and at least one strip section of greater thickness which locally reinforces the finished exhaust housing part (half shell, funnel, cylinder or pipe connection) at least in one wall region.

Abstract: An atomizing nozzle for a burner, especially for a vehicle heater has a flow guide element (16), which provides a flow guide surface (28) and which has an atomizing lip (36) in an end area (34). A fuel feed device (52, 50) is provided for feeding fuel to the flow guide surface (28) at a spaced location from the atomizing lip (36). Provisions are made for the fuel feed device (52, 50) in the flow guide element (16) to comprise a fuel release depression (50), into which opens a fuel feed channel device (52) in a junction area.

Abstract: A heating system for a vehicle includes a reformer arrangement for producing hydrogen from a hydrocarbon/mixed material mixture, a burner arrangement for reception of hydrogen produced in the reformer arrangement and combustion thereof, and a heat exchanger arrangement for transferring combustion heat produced in the burner arrangement to a heating medium.

Abstract: A burner arrangement for a heating device, particularly a vehicle heating device, comprising a combustion chamber (18) and a flame tube (22) conducting the combustion products away from the combustion chamber (18), having an inlet region (28) near the combustion chamber (18) at which combustion products enter the flame tube (22) and an outlet region (36) at which combustion products leave the flame tube (22). At least one intermediate outlet region (42) between the inlet region (28) and the outlet region (36), in which intermediate outlet region (42) a portion of the combustion products can emerge from the flame tube (22).

Abstract: A combustion chamber assembly, in particular for a vehicle heating device, has combustion chamber housing in which a combustion chamber is bounded by a combustion chamber outer wall, the combustion chamber having a combustion chamber outlet aperture for the exit to a flame tube of exhaust gases produced during combustion, furthermore comprising a deflecting arrangement for deflecting at least a partial stream of the exhaust gases leaving the combustion chamber to flow along at least a partial region of the outer side of the combustion chamber outer wall facing away from the combustion chamber.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an exhaust gas treatment device (1), in particular for an internal combustion engine, preferably in a motor vehicle, comprising a housing (2) as well as a substrate body (3) which is situated therein and through which exhaust gases can flow in an axial direction (5). The substrate body (3) is supported axially on the housing (2) via an axial bearing (8) on at least one axial end face (11).

Abstract: An atomizing nozzle for a burner, especially for a heater that can be used on a vehicle includes a first flow guide element (34), which provides a flow guide surface (40) and has an atomizing lip (48) in an axial end area in relation to a central axis (A) of the nozzle, a second flow guide element (36) defining a first flow space area (30) leading to the atomizing lip (48) together with the first flow guide element (34). A fuel feed device (54) in the second flow guide element (36) is provided for applying fuel through the first flow space area (30) onto the flow guide surface (40) of the first flow guide element (34). Provisions are made for the fuel feed device (54) to have at least one fuel feed channel section (58) in the second flow guide element (36), which said fuel feed channel section (58) is open toward a surface area (44; 44′) of the second flow guide element (36) and has a surface normal radial component different from zero.

Abstract: A control device for a device that can be networked, in particular for a water or air heating device, operated with liquid fuel, of a motor vehicle, in the form of a supplementary heater or an auxiliary heater. The control device has a client-specific data interface by which the control device can be connected to a client-specific data network, in particular to a data bus in a motor vehicle. In order to reduce the expense on the maker's part for programming, testing, and diagnosis for different client-specific data interfaces, the control device has an additional, maker-specific data interface constituted as a bidirectional wireless connection, of which the control device can be connected to a maker-specific data processing device for respective programming, testing or diagnosis.

Abstract: A fuel metering pump (1) has a solenoid coil (2), an armature (3), a delivery piston (4) and spring-loaded valves. The spring-loaded valves are embodied as an electrically controlled suction valve (5) and an electrically controlled pressure valve (6). A solenoid coil (2) is provided for the armature (3) of the delivery piston (4), the armature (7) of the suction valve (5) and the armature of the pressure valve (6). The masses, springs and hydraulic cross-sections of the component parts are configured in such a way that the valves switch more quickly than the delivery piston moves.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-bed catalyzer (1) for an exhaust system of a combustion engine, in particular, of a motor vehicle. In a housing (2), at least two catalytic monoliths (3, 4) are arranged axially adjacent to be flowed-through in succession. The two monoliths (3, 4) are encased on the circumferential side by a common heat-resistance bearing mat (5) and supported by means of this bearing mat (5) in the housing (2).

Abstract: A combustion chamber arrangement, in particular for a burner of a vehicle heating device, includes a housing arrangement in which a seating region is provided for abutment of a counter-seating region formed on an ignition element. An elastically effective retaining element for retaining the ignition element on the housing arrangement, the retaining element having a first support region supported with respect to the ignition element and a second support region supported with respect to the housing arrangement, wherein the retaining element is supported on at least one of the ignition element or the housing arrangement with the production of a substantially sealed closure of an ignition element passage opening of the housing arrangement.

Abstract: A temperature control system for a vehicle includes an air-conditioning device (12) with a compressor device (14, 40) for compressing a working medium of the air-conditioning device (12). The compressor device (14, 40) can be driven by a first drive unit (18), preferably the driving motor (18) of a vehicle, and/or a second drive unit (42), whereby the second drive unit (42) comprises a Stirling motor (42).

Abstract: An exhaust cleaning system for motor vehicles, especially a diesel exhaust cleaning system for medium to heavy utility vehicles. The exhaust cleaning system has an exhaust muffler (1), a catalytic converter (2) and an exhaust particle filter element (3). The exhaust muffler (1), the catalytic converter (2) with a U-shaped tubular urea injection element (4) arranged upstream and an exhaust particle filter element (3) are integrated in a common housing and designed as a structural, functional unit.

Abstract: An evaporative burner includes an evaporative medium for feeding fuel vapor into a combustion chamber, a first heating device, having at least one ignition heating element projecting with at least its heating region into the combustion chamber for igniting fuel vapor present in the combustion chamber, and a second heating device, with at least one evaporating heating element associated with the evaporative medium for affecting its evaporation characteristic.