Heat exchanger

US9366486B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Mahle International GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Caroline Schmid · Stuttgart, DE
• Michael Moser · Ticonderoga, US
• Nikolaus Daubitzer · Stuttgart, DE
• Holger Schroth · Maulbronn, DE
• Heiko Neff · Stuttgart, DE
• Dominique Raible · Rottenburg am Neckar, DE
• Anton Kierig · Stuttgart, DE
• Thomas Schiehlen · Riedlingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 27, 2013
• Grant date: Jun 14, 2016
• Expiry date: Jul 5, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E60/10
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Heat exchanger having a housing, having a fluid inlet and having a fluid outlet, wherein the heat exchanger is in fluid communication via the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet with a fluid circuit, having a flow-guiding element in the interior of the housing, wherein the housing is formed from a substantially planar housing upper part and a substantially trough-like housing lower part, wherein the housing lower part has a base region and an encircling side wall, wherein the housing lower part is formed by a supporting structure and an encasement and the supporting structure is at least partially surrounded by the encasement, wherein the supporting structure is formed from a metallic material, and the encasement is formed substantially from a plastic, wherein the housing upper part is formed from a plastic and the housing lower part is connected to the housing upper part substantially by means of plastic-on-plastic contact.