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US 7,604,258 B2Granted
Heat exchanger suitable for vehicles
AssigneeBehr GmbH & Co.
InventorsOliver Getto, Alexander Schaudt
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Abstract
A heat exchanger, in particular a brazed heat exchanger (1) for motor vehicles, has at least one header tank (2) having two junction pieces (3, 4), a binocular-shaped flange (7) for the fastening of pipes and being inserted into the junction pieces (3, 4) which are arranged adjacently at a spacing a with respect to one another. The flange (7) can be produced from plastic and is formed in two parts, so that it is divided essentially in a plane T which is arranged between, preferably at half the spacing “a” between, the junction pieces (3, 4).
Claims5
A heat exchanger suitable for motor vehicles, comprising:
- at least one header tank having two junction pieces arranged at a predetermined distance from one another, wherein the junction pieces are configured to be connected to coolant pipes;
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- a binocular-shaped flange configured to fasten pipes to the junction pieces, wherein the flange is inserted into the junction pieces, wherein the flange comprises a plastic material and is formed in two parts, divided essentially along a plane arranged between the junction pieces;
- wherein the flange comprises two identically shaped flange halves capable of being latched with one another;
- wherein the flange halves comprise connection pieces which can be received by the junction pieces;
- wherein the connection pieces are fixed in an axial direction by holding elements comprising elastically deformable clip elements.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.