	US 12,235,051 B2
	Pipe arrangement for transporting temperature control media
Albert Boecker, Ettlingen (DE); Matthias Winter, Rastatt (DE); Thorsten Schaefer, Steinfeld (DE); Florian Deibel, Sinzheim (DE); and Mathieu Aucouturier, Schiltigheim (DE)
Assigned to TI AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH, Rastatt (DE)
Filed by TI Automotive Technology Center GmbH, Rastatt (DE)
Filed on Sep. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/466,387.
Claims priority of application No. 20194403 (EP), filed on Sep. 3, 2020; and application No. 21183388 (EP), filed on Jul. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0065554 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. F16L 9/19 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); F28D 7/00 (2006.01); F28D 7/10 (2006.01); F28F 1/00 (2006.01); F28D 21/00 (2006.01)

CPC F28F 1/006 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00564 (2013.01); F16L 9/20 (2013.01); F28D 7/0016 (2013.01); F28D 7/10 (2013.01); F28D 2021/008 (2013.01)]

21 Claims

1. A pipe arrangement for transporting temperature control media, comprising a unitary base body which is produced by way of blow molding and from which at least a first channel and a second channel are formed, wherein the first channel and second channel are formed as enclosed tubular members defined by boundary walls, wherein the first channel and the second channel have a first orientation relative to one another in a first section and a second orientation relative to one another in a second section, wherein the first orientation is different from the second orientation, and wherein the first and second channels are formed in one piece and of a single material from the base body, wherein the first and second channels are connected along their length by a material bond formed by the boundary walls being in contact or a web formed between the first and second channels, the web extending along the length of the first and second channels.