Metal Collecting Tank for a Heat Exchanger, Especially for Motor Vehicles
AssigneeBehr GmbH & Co.
InventorsHolger Auchter, Thomas Fricker, Hans-Peter Heuss
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Abstract
The invention relates to a metal collecting tank (1) for a heat exchanger, especially for motor vehicles. Said collecting tank is produced by non-cutting shaping from a steel sheet blank, preferably an aluminum sheet, and the collecting tank (1) comprises two approximately parallel sidewalls (1c, 1d) and narrow walls each and an upper side (1b) and at least one connecting piece (3). According to the invention, the at least one connecting piece (3) is configured as one piece with the collecting tank (1) and is shaped from the steel sheet blank.
Claims10
A metal collecting tank for a heat exchanger, especially for motor vehicles, capable of being manufactured in particular by non-cutting shaping from a sheet metal blank, preferably an aluminum sheet, the collecting tank in each case exhibiting two long sides and narrow sides arranged approximately parallel, as well as an upper side and at least one connecting piece, wherein the at least one connecting piece is executed in a single piece with the collecting tank and is capable of being formed from the sheet metal blank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.