# US 2018/0320980 A1 · Heat exchanger module > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0320980 A1 - Document ID: US20180320980A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/773,468 - Filed: 2016-10-28 - Published: 2018-11-08 - Earliest claimed: 2015-11-03 - Assignees: Mahle International GmbH - Applicants: Mahle International GmbH - Inventors: Adem Coban; Gregory Deschamps; Kai-Torsten Schmiedl; Abdul-Kadir Tarim - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180320980A1 ## CPC - F28D 9/005: {the plates having openings therein for both heat-exchange media} - B01D 35/005: {Filters specially adapted for use in internal-combustion engine lubrication or fuel systems} - B01D 35/18: Heating or cooling the filters - F01M 1/02: using lubricating pumps (pumps in general F04; lubricating pumps per se F16N) - F01M 5/002: {Cooling} - F01M 11/03: Mounting or connecting of lubricant purifying means relative to the machine or engine; Details of lubricant purifying means (filters B01D) - F28F 9/0075: {Supports for plates or plate assemblies} - F28F 9/0251: {Massive connectors, e.g. blocks; Plate-like connectors} - F28F 9/0253: {with multiple channels, e.g. with combined inflow and outflow channels} - F01M 2011/033: {comprising coolers or heat exchangers} - F28D 2021/0089: {Oil coolers} - F28F 2280/06: Adapter frames, e.g. for mounting heat exchanger cores on other structure and for allowing fluidic connections - 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) - B01D: SEPARATION (separating solids from solids by wet methods B03B, B03D; by pneumatic jigs or tables B03B; by other dry methods B07; magnetic or electrostatic separation of solid materials from solid materials or fluids, separation by high-voltage electric fields B03C; centrifuges, vortex apparatus B04; presses per se for squeezing-out liquid from liquid-containing material B30B9/02; treatment of water C02F, e.g. softening by ion-exchange C02F1/42; {arrangements of air intake cleaners in gas turbine plants F02C7/05} ; arrangements or mounting of filters in air-conditioning, air-humidification or ventilation F24F13/28) - F01M: LUBRICATING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; LUBRICATING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; CRANKCASE VENTILATING - F28F: DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION (water and air traps, air venting F16) ## Abstract A heat exchanger module may include a heat exchanger device arranged on a base plate and configured to control the temperature of a fluid via a heat transfer medium. The module may also include at least one additional unit arranged on the base plate and structured as at least one of a pump and a filter device. Further, the module may include a fluid inflow duct, a fluid outflow duct, a medium inflow duct, and a medium outflow duct disposed in the base plate. The at least one additional unit may include at least one inflow line and at least one outflow line disposed in the base plate and fluidically separated from the other ducts disposed in the base plate. The at least one inflow line and the at least one outflow line may be arranged outside as well as below the heat exchanger device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A heat exchanger module comprising: a heat exchanger device for controlling the temperature of a fluid via a heat transfer medium, the heat exchanger device arranged on a base plate; at least one additional unit arranged on the base plate, the at least one additional unit structured as at least one of a pump and a filter device; a fluid inflow duct and a fluid outflow duct for conveying the fluid disposed in the base plate; a medium inflow duct and a medium outflow duct for conveying the heat transfer medium disposed in the base plate; wherein the at least one additional unit includes at least one inflow line and at least one outflow line disposed in the base plate and fluidically separated from the fluid inflow duct, the medium inflow duct, the fluid outflow duct, and the medium outflow duct; and wherein the at least one inflow line and the at least one outflow line are arranged outside as well as below the heat exchanger device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The heat exchanger module according to claim 1, wherein a first wall area of at least one of the at least one inflow line and the at least one outflow line is integrated into the base plate, and wherein a second wall area, which together with the first wall area define at least one of the at least one inflow line and the at least one outflow line, is defined by the heat exchanger device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The heat exchanger module according to claim 1, wherein the at least one additional unit is structured as at least one of an oil pump and a coolant pump. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The heat exchanger module according to claim 1, wherein the base plate is structured as one of 1) a die cast component, 2) a punched component, and 3) a plastic injection molded part. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The heat exchanger module according to claim 1, wherein the heat exchanger device is a plate heat exchanger. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The heat exchanger module according to claim 1, wherein the heat exchanger device and the at least one additional unit are arranged on opposite sides of the base plate. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The heat exchanger module according to claim 1, wherein the at least one additional unit includes a plastic housing. ### Claim 8 An internal combustion engine comprising at least one heat exchanger module including: a heat exchanger device arranged on a base plate and configured to control the temperature of a fluid via a heat transfer medium; at least one additional unit arranged on the base plate and structured as at least one of a pump and a filter device; a fluid inflow duct and a fluid outflow duct for conveying the fluid disposed in the base plate; and a medium inflow duct and a medium outflow duct for conveying the heat transfer medium disposed in the base plate; wherein the at least one additional unit includes at least one inflow line and at least one outflow line disposed in the base plate and fluidically separated from the fluid inflow duct, the medium inflow duct, the fluid outflow duct, and the medium outflow duct; and wherein the at least one inflow line and the at least one outflow line are arranged outside as well as below the heat exchanger device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The internal combustion engine according to claim 8, wherein a first wall area of at least one of the at least one inflow line and the at least one outflow line is integrated into the base plate, and wherein a second wall area, which together with the first wall area define at least one of the at least one inflow line and the at least one outflow line, is defined by the heat exchanger device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The internal combustion engine according to claim 8, wherein the at least one additional unit is structured as at least one of an oil pump and a coolant pump. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The internal combustion engine according to claim 8, wherein the base plate is structured as one of 1) a die cast component, 2) a punched component, and 4) a plastic injection molded part. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The internal combustion engine according to claim 8, wherein the heat exchanger device is a plate heat exchanger. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The internal combustion engine according to claim 8, wherein the heat exchanger device and the at least one additional unit are arranged on opposite sides of the base plate. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The internal combustion engine according to claim 8, wherein the at least one additional unit includes a plastic housing. ### Claim 15 (depends on 2) The heat exchanger module according to claim 2, wherein the first wall area is structured as a chamfer. ### Claim 16 (depends on 2) The heat exchanger module according to claim 2, wherein the second wall area is defined by a heat exchanger plate of the heat exchanger device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The heat exchanger module according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the at least one inflow line and the at least one outflow line is defined by a first wall area and a second wall area, the first wall area structured as a chamfer of the base plate, and the second wall area defined by a heat exchanger plate of the heat exchanger device. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The heat exchanger module according to claim 17, wherein the heat exchanger device is a plate heat exchanger. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The heat exchanger module according to claim 17, wherein the heat exchanger device and the at least one additional unit are arranged on opposite sides of the base plate. ### Claim 20 (depends on 5) The heat exchanger module according to claim 5, wherein the plate heat exchanger is an oil cooler.