Charge-air cooler for motor vehicles

US7896065B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BEHR GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

• Claus Augenstein · Gerlingen, DE
• Karsten Emrich · Stuttgart, DE
• Martin Engelhardt · Clingen, DE
• Klaus Forster · Ludwigsburg, DE
• Franco Ghiani · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
• Daniel Hendrix · Stuttgart, DE
• Scott Horoho · Mount Pleasant, US
• Reinhard Kull · Ludwigsburg, DE
• Andre Schairer · Stuttgart, DE
• Bernd Weiler · Neukirchen, DE
• Stefan Weise · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 30, 2004
• Grant date: Mar 1, 2011
• Expiry date: Sep 11, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/12
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a heat exchanger for motor vehicles, especially for utility vehicles. The heat exchanger can include a heat exchanger unit that includes tubes having tube ends and ribs disposed between the tubes, and collecting tanks disposed on both ends and produced by internal high pressure forming for introducing and discharging a medium. The collecting tanks can include bottoms with openings for receiving the tube ends, covers, and inlet and outlet tubes.