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US 2003/0150603 A1Published application
Heat exchanger for a motor vehicle
AssigneeBehr GmbH & Co.
InventorsHolger Auchter, Thomas Fricker, Bruno Losch
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Abstract
A heat exchanger, particularly a flat-tube heat exchanger for a motor vehicle, which includes two coolant boxes and a tube block with an inlet tube attached to one of the boxes and an outlet tube attached to another of the boxes, and wherein each tube extends at least in part along one longitudinal side of the associated box and has at least one radial opening which communicates with a side opening formed in the box.
Claims22
A heat exchanger for a motor vehicle comprising:
- a first coolant box that includes at least one side opening;
- a second coolant box that includes at least one side opening;
- a tube block disposed between the first and second coolant boxes and attached to both coolant boxes;
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- an inlet tube attached to one of the coolant boxes and extending along at least part of the longitudinal side of the coolant box, the inlet tube further including at least one radial opening that is joined in fluid communication with a side opening of the coolant box to which it is attached;
- an outlet tube attached to one of the coolant boxes and extending along at least part of the longitudinal side of the coolant box, the outlet tube further including at least one radial opening that is joined in fluid communication with a side opening of the coolant box to which it is attached.
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A method of making a heat exchanger for a motor vehicle, comprising the steps of:
- providing a first coolant box that includes at least one side opening;
- providing a second coolant box that includes at least one side opening;
- providing a tube block disposed between the first and second coolant boxes and attached to both coolant boxes;
- attaching an inlet tube with at least one radial opening to at least part of a longitudinal side of one of the coolant boxes such that the at least one radial opening is joined in fluid communication with a side opening of the coolant box to which it is attached;
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- attaching an outlet tube with at least one radial opening to at least part of a longitudinal side of one of the coolant boxes such that the at least one radial opening is joined in fluid communication with a side opening of the coolant box to which it is attached.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.