# US 2006/0213650 A1 · Collecting tank, heat exchanger, and method for producing a collecting tank

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- Number: US 2006/0213650 A1
- Document ID: US20060213650A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 10/552,721
- Filed: 2004-03-22
- Published: 2006-09-28
- Earliest claimed: 2003-10-04
- Assignees: Behr GmbH & Co.
- Inventors: Georg Kämmler
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20060213650A1

## CPC

- F02B 29/0456: {Air cooled heat exchangers}
- F28F 9/02: Header boxes; End plates
- F28F 21/067: {Details}
- F28D 2021/0082: {Charged air coolers}
- F28F 2225/08: for header boxes
- Y02T 10/12: Improving ICE efficiencies
- F02B: INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL (gas-turbine plants F02C; hot-gas or combustion-product positive-displacement engine plants F02G)
- F28F: DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION (water and air traps, air venting F16)
- F28D: HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT (fluid heaters having heat generating means and heat transferring means F24H; furnaces F27; details of heat-exchange apparatus of general)
- Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION

## Abstract

The invention relates to a collecting tank (11), especially a charge-air tank or a coolant tank, consisting of plastic and comprising at least one tie rod (12) which is integrated into the collecting tank (11) or is connected to the same in a fixed manner or in such a way that it forms a single component therewith. Said tie rod (12) comprises at least one insert (13).

## Claims

### Claim 1

A collecting tank, in particular a charge-air tank or a coolant tank made of plastic, with at least one tie rod, which is integrated into the charge-air tank or coolant tank, formed in one piece with it or connected to it in a fixed manner, characterized in that the tie rod comprises at least one insert.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The collecting tank as claimed in claim 1, wherein the insert is a reinforcing element and/or a cooling element.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The collecting tank as claimed in claim 1, wherein the insert is a metal insert part, a metal strip, a metal tube, an insert part of fibrous material, a tape of fibrous material and/or a fiber.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The collecting tank as claimed in claim 3, wherein the fibrous materials comprise carbon and/or glass fibers.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The collecting tank as claimed in claim 1, wherein an encapsulation of the insert with a plastic is provided.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The collecting tank as claimed in claim 5, wherein the encapsulating material is the same plastic as that of the remaining collecting tank.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The collecting tank as claimed in claim 1, wherein the insert is formed in a hollow manner.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The collecting tank as claimed in claim 7, wherein the insert is formed such that it can be flowed through by a fluid.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The collecting tank as claimed in claim 1, wherein the insert consists of a material with good heat conduction.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The collecting tank as claimed in claim 1, wherein the insert protrudes outward beyond the outer side of the collecting tank and/or ends in a projection of the collecting tank.

### Claim 11

A heat exchanger, in particular a charge-air cooler or a coolant cooler, in particular for a motor vehicle, with heat exchange tubes which open out into at least one collecting tank, wherein at least one collecting tank is formed as claimed in.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

A method for producing a collecting tank as claimed in claim 1, wherein the insert is directly molded in during the production of the collecting tank and/or is subsequently inserted and sealed into it with an integral bond.