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US 5,706,970 AGranted
Arrangement of an equalizing tank on a water tank of a cooler
AssigneeBehr GmbH & Co.
InventorsHelmut Dobler, Siegfried Jenz
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Abstract
For fastening an equalizing tank of plastic material on a water tank made of plastic material, a three-point or multipoint mating connection is provided. The multipoint mating connection is joined together in the horizontal direction and includes a mating point situated in the region of an end wall of the equalizing tank and two or more mating points which are situated at a distance therefrom and from one another, preferably in the region of the bottom of the equalizing tank.
Claims18
An apparatus, comprising:
- a first tank having an end wall and a bottom and three mating points, one mating point being located in a region of the end wall and two mating points being located in a region of the end wall and two mating points being located distant from the one mating point and distant from each other in a region of the bottom of the first tank;
- a second tank having three mating points,
- the first and second tanks being joined together by mating connections formed between respective mating points, wherein one of the mating connections between the end wall of the first tank and an extension of the second tank includes at least two tubular plug-in elements inserted one into the other to form a through passage for liquid between the first and the second tank;
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- at least one catch device for securing the first tank in a direction opposite to the mating direction, the catch device being located in the region of the end wall mating point,
- wherein the catch device includes at least one resilient locking tongue located on an upper face of the second tank and a catch beak located in the bottom region of the first tank and wherein the resilient locking tongue engages the catch beak.
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A radiator, comprising:
- an equalizing tank having an end wall and a bottom, and three mating points, one mating point being located in a region of the end wall and two mating points being located distant from the one mating point and distant from each other in a region of the bottom of the equalizing tank;
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- a fluid tank having three mating points, the equalizing tank and the fluid tank being detachably joined together by mating connections formed between respective mating points, wherein one of the mating connections between the end wall of the equalizing tank and an extension of the fluid tank includes at least two tubular plug-in elements inserted one into the other to form a through passage for liquid between the equalizing tank and the fluid tank;
- and at least one catch device for securing the equlizing tank in a direction opposite to the mating direction, the catch device being located in the region of the end wall mating point, wherein the catch device includes at least one resilient locking tongue located on an upper face of the fluid tank and a catch beak located in the bottom region of the equalizing tank and wherein the resilient locking tongue engages the catch beak.
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A cooling system for an engine, comprising:
- a radiator having a fluid tank and an equalizing tank, wherein
- the equalizing tank includes an end wall and a bottom, and three mating points, one mating point being located in a region of the end wall and two mating points being located distant from the one mating point and distant from each other in a region of the bottom of the equalizing tank,
- the fluid tank includes three corresponding mating points,
- the equalizing tank and the fluid tank are detachably joined together by mating connections formed between the three mating points of the equalizing tank and the three corresponding mating points of the fluid tank, and
- one of the mating connections between the end wall of the equalizing tank and an extension of the fluid tank includes at least two tubular plug-in elements inserted one into the other to form a through passage for liquid between the equalizing tank and the fluid tank;
- and at least one catch device for securing the equalizing tank in a direction opposite to the mating direction, the catch device being located in the region of the end wall mating point, wherein the catch device includes at least one resilient locking tongue located on an upper face of the fluid tank and a catch beak located in the bottom region of the equalizing tank and wherein the resilient locking tongue engages the catch beak.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.