Cap for a header box
AssigneeValeo Systemes Thermiques
InventorsGarry Piller, Stephane Potteau, Jean-Jacques Garcia, Damien Lecleire
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Abstract
A cap (20) for a header box of a heat exchanger (1), in particular for a motor vehicle, in particular a radiator, is disclosed. This cap includes a head (21), a shank (22) comprising at least one mounting thread (23), this shank being between the head and a free end of the cap, a retaining lug (30), in particular elastically deformable, arranged to retain the cap in an opening (10) of the header box in an intermediate position of the cap, in which position the cap leaves a clear passage while being retained in the opening, this retaining lug being formed on the shank.
Claims10
A cap for a header box of a heat exchanger for a motor vehicle a radiator, the cap comprising:
- a head;
- a shank comprising at least one mounting thread, this shank being between the head and a free end of the cap;
- and
- a retaining lug that is elastically deformable, arranged to retain the cap in an opening of the header box in an intermediate position of the cap, in which position the cap leaves a clear passage while being retained in the opening, this retaining lug being formed on the shank.
A heat exchanger comprising:
- a header box provided with an opening;
- and
- a cap mounted in the opening, the cap comprising:
- a head;
- a shank comprising at least one mounting thread, this shank being between the head and a free end of the cap;
- and
- a retaining lug that is elastically deformable, arranged to retain the cap in an opening of the header box in an intermediate position of the cap, in which position the cap leaves a clear passage while being retained in the opening, this retaining lug being formed on the shank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.