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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2013
Behr Gmbh & Co. KG, Stuttgart, DE;
Caroline Schmid, Stuttgart, DE;
Michael Moser, Rainau, DE;
Nikolaus Daubitzer, Stuttgart, DE;
Holger Schroth, Maulbronn, DE;
Heiko Neff, Auenwald, DE;
Dominique Raible, Rottenburg, DE;
Anton Kierig, Stuttgart, DE;
Thomas Schiehlen, Altheim, DE;
MAHLE International GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
Heat exchanger having a housing, having a fluid inlet and having a fluid outlet, wherein the heat exchanger is in fluid communication via the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet with a fluid circuit, having a flow-guiding element in the interior of the housing, wherein the housing is formed from a substantially planar housing upper part and a substantially trough-like housing lower part, wherein the housing lower part has a base region and an encircling side wall, wherein the housing lower part is formed by a supporting structure and an encasement and the supporting structure is at least partially surrounded by the encasement, wherein the supporting structure is formed from a metallic material, and the encasement is formed substantially from a plastic, wherein the housing upper part is formed from a plastic and the housing lower part is connected to the housing upper part substantially by means of plastic-on-plastic contact.