Distributor Incorporating a Heat Exchanger and its Manufacturing Process

Distributor or intake manifold for an internal combustion engine, in particular supercharged, said distributor incorporating at least one heat exchanger mounted in the interior space of said distributor while being made integral with the wall of the body of the distributor by at least one lateral flange, the body of the distributor being made of at least two constituent hollow parts joined to one another in an airtight manner at opposing peripheral edges and having a mutually corresponding configuration, with insertion of the flange of the exchanger, the distributor (1) characterized in that its two constituent parts (5 and 5′) are joined by physical bonding, preferably welding, of said opposing joining edges (6 and 6′), said edges (6, 6′) being, on the one hand, connected physically to one another in an airtight manner, directly or indirectly, along a continuous peripheral contact area (7), surrounding the outer periphery of said flange (4), and, on the other hand, mechanically connected to said flange (4) by engagement or by being made integral at through openings (8) and/or at areas of hooking or of bonding with the latter.