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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michel Potier, Rambouillet, FR;
Philippe Le Gauyer, Paris, FR;
Assignee:
Valeo Thermique Moteur, La Verriere, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28F 0/902 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F28F 0/902 ;
Abstract
A heat exchange device comprises two arrays of tubes through which flow two respective fluids. The device comprises a common support plate for the two arrays, which has a first portion provided with holes to act as a header plate for a first array and a second portion provided with openings for receiving in a forced fit manner the tubes of a second array with curved connectors. In one embodiment of the invention one array contains an engine cooling fluid and the other array contains a refrigerant fluid of an air-conditioning circuit.