US 12,065,993 B2
Indirect charge air cooler
Andreas Draenkow, Heimsheim (DE); Nicolas Ferrand, Stuttgart (DE); and Jens Richter, Grossbottwar (DE)
Assigned to Mahle International GmbH, (DE)
Filed by Mahle International GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed on Apr. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/232,021.
Claims priority of application No. 102020204845.2 (DE), filed on Apr. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0324820 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. F02M 31/20 (2006.01); F28F 3/08 (2006.01)
CPC F02M 31/20 (2013.01) [F28F 3/08 (2013.01); F28F 2245/00 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heat exchanger for an internal combustion engine, comprising:
a plurality of tubes that provide a first channel system for a first fluid,
a second channel system for a second fluid disposed between the plurality of tubes that is fluidically separated from the first channel system,
two opposite side parts for fluidically bounding the second channel system, between which the plurality of tubes are arranged,
at least one frame part that is soldered together with a respective outer edge of the two side parts,
the outer edge of at least one side part includes a tab bent over S-shaped as edge reinforcement with a first tab section solder-plated on an outside and a second tab section solder-plated on an inside,
the at least one frame part has an S-shaped cross section with a first receptacle, and the first tab section of the outer edge of the at least one side part is received in the first receptacle, and
wherein the first receptacle has a U-shaped profile in a cross-sectional view, and wherein the first tab section has a bent portion that is U-shaped in a cross-sectional view received in the U-shaped profile of the first receptacle.