Intake pipe having an integrated intercooler

An intake pipe for an internal combustion engine having a housing which defines a charge air channel, and having an intercooler with a radiator block which is arranged in the housing in such a way that the charge air can flow through it,

• wherein,
• on a side that faces the housing, the radiator block of the intercooler terminates with an outer structural element;
• at least one recess is formed in said outer structural element of the radiator block, which recess extends at least over a part of the length of the radiator block substantially transversely with respect to a charge air flow direction;
• and
• at least one projection is provided on an inner side of the housing, which inner side faces the radiator block of the intercooler, which projection extends at least over part of the inner side of the housing substantially transversely with respect to the charge air flow direction, and engages sealingly at least partially into the at least one recess of the radiator block,
• wherein the at least one recess in the outer structural element of the radiator block or in the housing of the intake pipe is formed, during a mounting operation of the intercooler into the housing of the intake pipe, by the at least one projection on the inner side of the housing or of the outer part of the intercooler.