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Heat exchanger with improved sealing gasket, for a motor vehicle in particular

US6644385B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 9, 2001
Grant dateNov 11, 2003
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Expiry dateFeb 9, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49389
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A heat exchanger has a fluid chamber with a peripheral foot, as well as a collector plate with an edge delimiting a groove for a gasket and the peripheral foot. The gasket is formed from a bead of a polymerizable material which is deposited, at a chosen location, on the bottom of the groove, and then polymerized before being compressed by the peripheral foot of the fluid chamber.

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