US 11,867,334 B2
Plastic coolant fittings for hybrid module applications
Ricardo Humberto Garcia, Puebla (MX); John Ramsey, Mansfield, OH (US); and Richard Fraley, Mansfield, OH (US)
Assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed by Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/567,951.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/277,883, filed on Nov. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0175627 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. F16L 43/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 43/008 (2013.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plastic coolant fitting for a hybrid module, comprising:
an upper coolant tube comprising:
a first straight section;
a rounded section comprising a first distal end; and
a first mounting flange, the first mounting flange being arranged at the first distal end and comprising a mounting surface; and
a lower coolant tube comprising:
a second straight section fixed to the rounded section by spin welding; and
a second distal end comprising an annular disk, having a ring-shaped protrusion extending therefrom, the annular disk comprising an annular surface aligned with the mounting surface; and
a face seal being arranged on an underside of the annular disk, opposite the ring-shaped protusion.