Michael Shane Hawthorne

US Patent:

20060196448, Sep 7, 2006

Filed:

Feb 17, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/357290

Inventors:

Wilson Hayworth - Blowing Rock NC, US
Steven Hackney - Zionville NC, US
Michael Hawthorne - Boone NC, US
Harold Warren - Vilas NC, US

Assignee:

International Resistive Company, Inc. - Boone NC

International Classification:

F22B 37/00

US Classification:

122006600

Abstract:

A tube heating assembly having a heating tube with proximate and distal end portions, a manifold insert disposed concentrically within the heating tube and likewise having proximate and distal end portions, and a pair of end caps removably secured to the proximate and distal end portions of the manifold insert and the heating tube respectively. The manifold insert includes a raised spiral thread on its surface. An electrical assembly such as a resistive path applied to the outer surface of the heating tube is used to heat the tube. The tube heating assembly may be embodied in a system and method for delivering an automotive fluid in a vehicle, wherein the tube heating assembly is installed as a heat exchanger in a fluid delivery path through which the fluid is pumped, preferably in pulses to enhance heating of the fluid.