Title:
FLUID BOX-MANIFOLD ASSEMBLY FOR HEAT EXCHANGER, IN PARTICULAR FOR MOTOR VEHICLE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2000004331
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The invention concerns a fluid box-manifold assembly for a heat exchanger comprising at least a single-piece housing (10) produced by swaging a sheet metal and including: a cap (12) comprising a base (16) linked to a peripheral wall (18) defining an open surface, and a cover (14) including a base (26) provided with holes (28) for receiving the tube ends of a tube bundle and linked to a peripheral edge (30) matching in shape the cap peripheral wall (18), the cap (12) and the cover being linked by a material strip (36) forming a bend line, such that the cap and the cover can be mutually brought together up to an interlocking position to define an internal volume of the fluid box. The invention is applicable to motor vehicle heat exchangers.
Inventors:
CHEVALLIER CHRISTOPHE (FR)
Application Number:
PCT/FR1999/001754
Publication Date:
October 03, 2002
Filing Date:
July 16, 1999
Export Citation:
Assignee:
VALEO CLIMATISATION (FR)
CHEVALLIER CHRISTOPHE (FR)
CHEVALLIER CHRISTOPHE (FR)
International Classes:
F28F9/02; (IPC1-7): F28F9/02
Foreign References:
| EP0843146A2 | 1998-05-20 | |||
| EP0718580A1 | 1996-06-26 | |||
| EP0761337A1 | 1997-03-12 | |||
| US3866675A | 1975-02-18 | |||
| DE4446817A1 | 1995-07-20 |
Other References:
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 098, no. 005 30 April 1998 (1998-04-30)
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 096, no. 004 30 April 1996 (1996-04-30)
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 096, no. 004 30 April 1996 (1996-04-30)
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