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US 2024/0174075 A1Published application
Air conduit tube
AssigneeMahle International GmbH
InventorsVikas DETE, Reinhard HEINE, Sambhaji PALVE
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Abstract
The invention relates to an air conduit tube with an air inlet and an air outlet. The air conduit tube is outwardly delimited by a wall. At least one weak spot is formed in the air conduit tube (1) and the air conduit tube primarily deforms at the weak spot when a collision force (F) acts. The invention also relates to an arrangement comprising the air conduit tube and a heat exchanger.
Claims13
Air conduit tube for a battery electric vehicle,
- wherein the air conduit tube comprises an air inlet for introducing air and an air outlet for fixing to an inlet of a heat exchanger,
- wherein the air conduit tube is outwardly delimited by a wall fluidically interconnecting the air inlet and the air outlet, wherein the air conduit tube contains at least one weak spot, wherein the respective weak spot is configured such that, when a collision force (F) directed in an air inflow direction (SR) acts on the air inlet, the air conduit tube primarily deforms at the weak spot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.