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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frederic Letrange, Nanterre, FR;
Carlos Martins, Montfort l'Amaury, FR;
Assignee:
Valeo Thermique Moteur, Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
165173 ; 165149 ; 165D / ; 165D / ;
Abstract
A heat exchanger for a heating or cooling circuit of a motor vehicle comprises a header plate with a header cover sealingly secured over it, and a number of tubes extending through the header plate. The outer flanks of the collar portions of the header plate, which surround the ends of the tubes situated at the ends of the row of tubes are joined directly, along an inclined plane, to the peripheral channel in which the peripheral edge portion of the header cover is received. The overall length of the header plate, and therefore that of the heat exchanger as a whole, is thereby reduced.