Manifold with integrated pipe for a heat exchanger
AssigneeInterntl Srch Rpt
InventorsStephane Avequin, Carlos Martins
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Abstract
Manifold with integrated pipe for a heat exchanger A manifold for, e.g. a motor vehicle heat exchanger, has a first part formed from a shaped metal sheet and featuring a bottom and two lateral walls folded face-to-face, at least one of which is provided with an aperture for fixing a pipe there. A second part is formed from a shaped metal sheet and able to be fitted onto the lateral walls of the first part to form a cover opposite the bottom of this first part. Either the first part or the second part has a manifold plate. The first part, the second part and the pipe are assembled by brazing.
Claims13
A manifold for a heat exchanger, having a manifold plate closed by a wall in such a way as to delimit a chamber into which at least one pipe opens out, and further comprising
- a first part formed from a shaped metal sheet featuring a bottom and two lateral walls folded face-to-face, at least one of which is provided with an aperture in order for a pipe to be affixed there and
- a second part formed from a shaped metal sheet able to be fitted onto the lateral walls of the first part in order to form a cover opposite the bottom of this first part, wherein one of the first part and the second part comprises the manifold plate, and wherein the first part, the second part and the pipe are assembled by brazing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.