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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
May. 21, 2012
Applicants:
Christian Saumweber, Stuttgart, DE;
Viorel Braic, Stuttgart, DE;
Mark Schienemann, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
MAHLE International GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 29/04 (2006.01); F28D 7/16 (2006.01); F28F 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 29/0462 (2013.01); F02B 29/0475 (2013.01); F28D 7/1684 (2013.01); F28F 9/00 (2013.01); F02B 29/04 (2013.01); Y02T 10/146 (2013.01);
Abstract
An intake pipe for an internal combustion engine, comprising an outer housing of the intake pipe, wherein a feed line for charge air opens into an inlet section of the housing, a heat exchanger that is integrated in the intake pipe and cooled by a coolant and that comprises a plurality of exchanger tubes, in particular flat tubes, and an engine flange for connecting the intake tube to a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, wherein charge air flows through the exchanger tubes and at least a section of the outer housing is designed as a water jacket surrounding the exchanger tubes.