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Method for closing a collecting tank

US9919818B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Mahle International GmbH · DE

Inventors

Wolfgang Geiger · Plankstadt, DE
Dieter Gross · Berlin, DE
Thomas Herzig · Leonberg, DE
Boris Kerler · Stuttgart, DE
Kai Mille · Jena, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 19, 2014
Grant date	Mar 20, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 27, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF28F2275/025
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for closing a fillable collecting tank, in particular a fillable collecting tank of a heat exchanger for storing a fluid, having walls forming the collecting tank, wherein one of the walls is formed as a baseplate having openings for receiving pipes, wherein a filling opening for adding the fluid is provided in one of the walls, wherein the filling opening can be closed by the provision of a closure element that can be inserted into the filling opening or can be placed onto the filling opening after the fluid has been added to the collecting tank. A heat exchanger is also provided.

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