US 12,253,317 B2
Heat exchanger with an added-on collector
Sébastien Devedeux, Le Mesnil Saint Denis (FR); Mickael Gameiro, Le Mesnil Saint Denis (FR); and Mateusz Lipowski, Skawina (PL)
Assigned to VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES, Le Mesnil Saint-Denis (FR)
Appl. No. 17/784,867
Filed by Valeo Systemes Thermiques, Le Mesnil Saint-Denis (FR)
PCT Filed Dec. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/FR2020/052401
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 13, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/116630, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1914373 (FR), filed on Dec. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0008850 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. F28F 9/02 (2006.01)
CPC F28F 9/0219 (2013.01) [F28F 9/0246 (2013.01); F28F 2009/0297 (2013.01); F28F 2275/04 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heat exchanger comprising:
at least one heat-exchange bundle;
a plurality of ribs;
a box; and
a collector,
the box being positioned at an end of the heat-exchange bundle,
the heat-exchange bundle comprising at least one peripheral wall which delimits a receptacle in which there extends a plurality of tubes within which a first fluid circulates, and around which a second fluid circulates, at least one opening being provided in the peripheral wall,
wherein the collector is added onto the peripheral wall, the collector delimiting a chamber at least partly, and comprising a peripheral edge which surrounds a window of the collector,
the collector being positioned so as to cover the opening provided in the peripheral wall, such that the window is at least partly in line with the opening, and the peripheral edge is at least partly in contact with said peripheral wall,
wherein at least one rib of the plurality of ribs extends into the opening.