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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
May. 19, 2014
Mahle International Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Wolfgang Geiger, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Dieter Gross, Stuttgart, DE;
Thomas Herzig, Leonberg, DE;
Boris Kerler, Stuttgart, DE;
Kai Mille, Bucha, DE;
MAHLE International GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method for closing a fillable collecting tank, in particular a fillable collecting tank of a heat exchanger for storing a fluid, having walls forming the collecting tank, wherein one of the walls is formed as a baseplate having openings for receiving pipes, wherein a filling opening for adding the fluid is provided in one of the walls, wherein the filling opening can be closed by the provision of a closure element that can be inserted into the filling opening or can be placed onto the filling opening after the fluid has been added to the collecting tank. A heat exchanger is also provided.