Heat exchanger arrangement in a housing

US9709342B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9709342-B2
Application numberUS-201414176412-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateFeb 10, 2014
Priority dateFeb 13, 2013
Publication dateJul 18, 2017
Grant dateJul 18, 2017

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Abstract

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A heat exchanger arrangement in a housing, such as an intake pipe of an internal combustion engine, has at least one stack including tubes and fins and an end plate having media connections, and wherein the stack is inserted into the housing and is fastened therein. A connecting block which contains the media connections and/or at least one profiled rail is arranged on the end plate. The housing has at least one cross-section-expanding wall graduation and/or at least one receptacle integrated into the housing wall, wherein the connecting block sits in the cross-section expansion and/or a cross section of the receptacle corresponds approximately to a cross section of the rail.

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What is claimed is: 1. A heat exchanger assembly comprising: a housing forming an air intake pipe including an intake pipe opening having at least one cross-section-expanding wall graduation that includes at least one connecting opening, the wall graduation being defined by a plurality of walls forming an inside periphery of the wall graduation, wherein the at least one connecting opening extends from the wall graduation through at least one of the plurality of walls; at least o…

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  • F28F9/02Primary

    Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

  • Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

  • Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

  • Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

  • Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

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What does patent US9709342B2 cover?
A heat exchanger arrangement in a housing, such as an intake pipe of an internal combustion engine, has at least one stack including tubes and fins and an end plate having media connections, and wherein the stack is inserted into the housing and is fastened therein. A connecting block which contains the media connections and/or at least one profiled rail is arranged on the end plate. The housin…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Modine Mfg Co
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification F28F9/02. Mapped technology areas include Mechanical Engineering.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jul 18 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).