Metal side-plate for a radiator
AssigneeBehr GmbH & Co.
InventorsSinan Balci, Reinhard Kull
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Abstract
The invention relates to a metal side-plate (12) for a radiator, particularly a tubular radiator, such as those used in motor vehicles with combustion engines. The aim of the invention is to provide a meal side-plate (12) which is embodied in such a way that stresses arising from various types of thermal expansion of the metal side-plate (12) and tubular radiator (10) can be prevented. The metal side-plates (12) are characterized in that they have a weakened area (13) in which the material of the metal side-plate is weakened in order to compensate heat expansion according to that of the cooling body.
Claims8
A metal side-plate for radiators, in particular tubular radiators, in which the radiator body exhibits tubes and heat exchanger surfaces extending between the tubes, in which the radiator is enclosed by at least one metal side-plate arranged laterally on the radiator or at least one pair of metal side-plates arranged on either side of the radiator,
- wherein
- at least one metal side-plate exhibits at least one weakened area, in which the material of the metal side-plate is weakened in such a way as to allow compensation for the thermal expansion corresponding to that of the radiator body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.