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Arrangement of a charge air cooler in an intake system of an internal combustion engine

US8112993B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

MANN+HUMMEL GmbH · DE

Inventors

Karl-Ernst Hummel · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
Bernhard Huurdeman · Freiberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 8, 2008
Grant date	Feb 14, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 8, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/12
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The arrangement of a charge air cooler in an intake system of an internal combustion engine has a charge air cooler that on the one hand is supplied with combustion air and on the other hand with a liquid coolant. A coolant/air cooler is provided in which the liquid coolant is cooled by an air stream. The charge air cooler is slantedly arranged in a pipe conduit for the charge air with regard to the end face of a heat exchanger block exposed to the charge air. The end face of the charge air cooler is arranged relative to the cross-section of the pipe conduit at an angle of >45°.

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