Abstract: A PTC heating module for heating a fluid may include at least one PTC thermistor having two flat main surfaces disposed opposite one another. The two main surfaces may be arranged parallel to and spaced apart from one another defining a thermistor thickness of the at least one PTC thermistor therebetween. The two main surfaces may be connected to one another by at least one lateral surface and the at least one PTC thermistor may be delimited toward an outside by the at least one lateral surface and the two main surfaces. The module may also include two contact plates between which the at least one PTC thermistor is arranged. A cross section of the at least one PTC thermistor defined perpendicularly to the two main surfaces may deviate from a rectangle such that a creep distance between the two main surfaces is greater than the thermistor thickness.

Abstract: A PTC heating module for heating a fluid may include two contact plates between which at least one cuboid PTC thermistor is arranged and at least one contact socket with a contact side. The PTC thermistor may have two main sides disposed opposite each other and defining a thermistor thickness therebetween. The contact side of the at least one contact socket may rest against a first main side of the at least one PTC thermistor and another side may rest against a first contact plate. A geometric contact surface between the first main side and the contact side of the at least one contact socket may be smaller than a geometric surface of the first main side. A clearance distance extending between the two contact plates and a creapage distance extending from the at least one contact socket to a second contact plate may be larger than the thermistor thickness.