US 11,835,309 B2
Tube plate, heat exchanger and method for producing a heat exchanger
Alexander Meiser, Stuttgart (DE); and Marco Renz, Esslingen (DE)
Assigned to Mahle International GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed by MAHLE International GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/496,744.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 212 713.1 (DE), filed on Oct. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0113096 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. F28F 9/02 (2006.01)
CPC F28F 9/0256 (2013.01) [F28F 9/0253 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tube plate for a heat exchanger for a motor vehicle, the tube plate comprising:
a base body configured to be substantially flat, in which at least two apertures are formed for receiving respectively a tube body,
wherein the at least two apertures are connected with one another with a groove which is likewise formed in the base body,
wherein the two apertures form respectively a receiving space for a tube body, and
wherein the two receiving spaces communicate fluidically with one another via the groove to uniformly distribute at least one of a joining means and a joining agent onto the two apertures.