Device for exchanging heat

US7571718B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BEHR GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

• Daniel Hendrix · Stuttgart, DE
• Florian Moldovan · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 7, 2003
• Grant date: Aug 11, 2009
• Expiry date: Nov 29, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F28D21/0003
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a device for exchanging heat, especially for cooling the combustion air of internal combustion engines in motor vehicles, which is characterized by the fact that the flow devices (14) are accommodated in an profiled housing (6) comprising at least two parts. The cross section of a first housing part (6a) is essentially U-shaped, said basic shape being closed at the open end of the first housing part (6a) by means of a second, substantially planar housing part (6b). The inventive device is further characterized by the fact that the housing (6) comprises at least one inlet flange and at least one outlet flange for the second medium at two opposite sides while the flow devices (14) are kept at a distance from each other in at least one area by means of at least one frame device (12) which is accommodated within the housing (6).