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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2000
Christophe Chevallier, Le Mans, FR;
Valeo Climatisation, La Verriere, FR;
Abstract
The invention concerns a fluid box-manifold assembly for a heat exchanger comprising at least a single-piece housing produced by swaging a sheet metal and including; a cap comprising a base linked to a peripheral wall defining an open surface, and a cover including a base provided with holes for receiving the tube ends of a tube bundle and linked to a peripheral edge matching in shape the cap peripheral wall, the cap and the cover being linked by a material strip forming a bend line, such that the cap and the cover can be mutually brought together up to an interlocking position to define an internal volume of the fluid box. The invention is applicable to motor vehicle heat exchanger.