Fluid collector
AssigneeMahle International GmbH
InventorHicham Rouhana
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Abstract
A fluid collector having a housing having a tubular circumferential wall with a first end face having a first opening and with a second end face having a second opening, which is situated opposite the first opening of the first end face, a first cover being provided, which closes the first opening on the first end face, and a second cover being provided, which closes the second opening on the second end face. The tubular circumferential wall has an area with an, in particular, planar connecting surface, on which at least one flange element is arranged and fastened as a connecting element, at least one bore or one channel being provided in the area having the connecting surface, which fluidically connects the interior of the housing to the at least one connecting element.
Claims11
A fluid collector comprising:
- a housing having a tubular circumferential wall with a first end face having a first opening and a second end face having a second opening opposite the first opening;
- a first cover closing the first opening;
- a second cover closing the second opening;
- at least one flange element, wherein the tubular circumferential wall comprises a planar connecting surface upon which the at least one flange element is fastened;
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- at least one bore or channel provided in the area of the planar connecting surface, fluidically connecting an interior of the housing to the at least one flange element;
- wherein the area having the planar connecting surface is formed from a projection of the circumferential wall, the projection including two laterally protruding wings that extend in opposite directions;
- wherein the at least one flange element is configured as a connecting element, and the at least one bore or channel is configured in one of the following arrangements:
- a single bore or channel fluidically connecting the interior of the housing to the connecting element;
- two bores or channels fluidically connecting the interior of the housing to the connecting element;
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- wherein the at least one flange element comprises two flange elements fastened as connecting elements, and the at least one bore or channel comprises two bores or channels, each fluidically connecting the interior of the housing to a respective one of the connecting elements.
A fluid collector comprising:
- a housing having a tubular circumferential wall with a first end face having a first opening and with a second end face having a second opening that is arranged opposite the first opening of the first end face;
- a first cover closes the first opening on the first end face;
- a second cover closes the second opening on the second end face,
- at least one flange element, wherein the tubular circumferential wall has an area with a planar connecting surface, on which the at least one flange element is arranged and fastened;
- and
- at least two bores or channels being provided in the area having the planar connecting surface, which fluidically connect an interior of the housing to the at least one flange element,
- wherein a filter for filtering a through-flowing fluid and/or a dryer for drying the through-flowing fluid is/are arranged in the interior of the housing, and
- wherein the filter has a sealing lip protruding therefrom, such that when the filter is inserted into the housing, the sealing lip is arranged on the inside of the circumferential wall so as to run between the at least two bores or channels.
A refrigerant collector for a vehicle, the refrigerant collector comprising:
- a housing having a tubular circumferential wall with a first end face having a first opening and with a second end face having a second opening that is arranged opposite the first opening of the first end face;
- refrigerant provided inside of the housing;
- a first cover closes the first opening on the first end face;
- a second cover closes the second opening on the second end face,
- at least one flange element, wherein the tubular circumferential wall has an area with a planar connecting surface, on which the at least one flange element is arranged and fastened;
- and at least one bore or channel being provided in the area having the planar connecting surface, which fluidically connects an interior of the housing to the at least one flange element;
- wherein a filter for filtering a through-flowing fluid and/or a dryer for drying the through-flowing fluid is/are arranged in the interior of the housing,
- wherein the at least one bore or channel includes at least two bores or channels,
- wherein the filter is inserted into the housing, and
- wherein the filter has a sealing lip protruding therefrom, such that when the filter is inserted into the housing, the sealing lip is arranged on the inside of the circumferential wall so as to run between the at least two bores or channels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.