Intake pipe having an integrated intercooler

US9175596B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Mahle International GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Eilemann · Erdmannhausen, DE
• Hubert Pomin · Sindelfingen, DE
• Christian Saumweber · Stuttgart, DE
• Veit Bruggesser · Holzgerlingen, DE
• Jürgen Stehlig · Neckartenzlingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 20, 2011
• Grant date: Nov 3, 2015
• Expiry date: Apr 19, 2032

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 an intake pipe for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, comprising a housing that defines a charge-air channel and an intercooler having a cooler block, which is arranged in the housing in such a way that the charge air can flow through the cooler block. The cooler block of the intercooler terminates on a side facing the housing with an outer component, preferably a cooling fin, and at least one recess is formed in said outer component of the cooler block, the at least one recess extending at least across part of the length of the cooler block substantially perpendicularly to the charge-air flow direction. Furthermore, at least one projection is provided on an inside face of the housing facing the cooler block of the intercooler, said projection extending at least across part of the inner face of the housing substantially perpendicularly to the charge-air flow direction and engaging at least partially in the at least one recess of the cooler block in a sealing manner.