EP 0767354 B1 20011205 - Heat exchanger, more particularly supercharge air cooler for automotive vehicle
Title (en)
Heat exchanger, more particularly supercharge air cooler for automotive vehicle
Title (de)
Wärmetauscher, insbesondere Ladeluftkühler für Kraftfahrzeug
Title (fr)
Echangeur de chaleur, en particulier radiateur d'air de suralimentation pour véhicule automobile
Publication
Application
Priority
FR 9511818 A 19951006
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0767354A1] The heat exchanger has a collector plate (10) with a wall. The wall has apertures (18) to receive the ends of the heat exchanger tubes. The wall is shaped to form collets (24) surrounding the apertures, to which the tubes are brazed. The wall is made with thin sections (A) in a selected region (28) surrounding each collet. This allows axial movement of the collet relative to the rest of the plate under the effect of variations in tube length as a result of thermal expansion fluctuations. The thin sections of the wall follow the shape of the collets. Each collet is connected to the rest of the plate by an annular fold (26) with a U-shaped cross-section, having one side which forms the collet and the other the connecting pipe. The collector plate and the tubes are both made from aluminium. The thin sections are made by moulding or removing material from one or both sides of the plate.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
F28F 9/18 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
F28F 9/18 (2013.01 - EP US); Y10S 165/051 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE IT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0767354 A1 19970409; EP 0767354 B1 20011205; DE 69617598 D1 20020117; DE 69617598 T2 20020801; FR 2739680 A1 19970411; FR 2739680 B1 19971205; US 5676200 A 19971014
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 96115937 A 19961004; DE 69617598 T 19961004; FR 9511818 A 19951006; US 72077896 A 19961003