VEHICLE HEATER AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A VEHICLE HEATER

摘要

A vehicle heater (10) comprises a main body (12) carrying a non-intrinsically safe heat conductor layer (14), and a temperature monitoring device (16, 18, 20, 44) assigned to the heat conductor layer (14). The temperature monitoring device (16, 18, 20, 44) is designed to distinguish and to report at least the three following states: normal operation, reversible malfunction and irreversible malfunction.;Moreover, a method for monitoring a vehicle heater (10) is suggested in which the following states are distinguished and reported: normal operation, reversible malfunction and irreversible malfunction.

主权项

1. A vehicle heater comprising:
a main body including a non-intrinsically safe heat conductor layer; and a temperature monitoring device monitoring the heat conductor layer for at least the three following states of the heat conductor layer: normal operation, reversible malfunction, and irreversible malfunction, and generating a signal indicative of the state of the heat conductor layer detected by the temperature monitoring device.