US 12,259,189 B2
Heat exchanger
Andrzej Jugowicz, Skawina (PL); and Mateusz Wozek, Skawina (PL)
Assigned to VALEO AUTOSYSTEMY SP. Z O.O, Skawina (PL)
Appl. No. 17/910,910
Filed by Valeo Autosystemy Sp. z o.o., Skawina (PL)
PCT Filed Feb. 25, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/054753
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 12, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/180487, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20461520 (EP), filed on Mar. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0140468 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. F28D 1/053 (2006.01); F28F 9/02 (2006.01)
CPC F28D 1/0535 (2013.01) [F28F 9/0224 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heat exchanger for a motor vehicle comprising:
a first manifold comprising a first cover and a first header, and a second manifold comprising a second cover and a second header, and
a plurality of tubes deployed in parallel to each other and between the first manifold and the second manifold, each tube in the plurality of tubes comprising a first open end received in the first header and a second open end received in the second header, a length of each tube in the plurality of tubes being smaller than a distance between the first cover and the second cover,
wherein the first cover comprises a first elongated portion and the second cover comprises a second elongated portion;
wherein the first elongated portion on the first cover is long enough to form an abutting point for the first open end of the tube, and
wherein the second open end of the tube is distanced from the second elongated portion on the second cover, while still maintaining fluid-tight connection with the first manifold and the second manifold.