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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151920 | Heat exchanger assembly for the front section of a motor vehicle The invention relates to a heat exchanger assembly, in particular a radiator assembly for the front section of a motor vehicle, including a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger is configured in several parts in the form of heat exchanger elements, i.e. at least one pr... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7451808 | Exchanging device for motor vehicles An arrangement of components for exchanging heat for motor vehicles with multiple cooling circuits comprising at least one pump, at least one control device and at least one heat exchanger. The arrangement is characterized in that a first cooling circuit is selectiv... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7367387 | Tube plate for exhaust heat exchanger A tube plate for exhaust heat exchangers, with punched openings to hold the tube ends of a tube bundle, wherein the openings are arranged grid-like with a web width b, and each of the openings has a shear surface with a height h produced by punching, and a bevel of ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7334628 | Flow control device for gas stream A control device for gas is provided with a pivotable flap mounted between side walls of a guide duct. A receiving pocket for the insertion of a drive element (motor) is provided on one of the side walls and is oriented in such a way that, after insertion, the outpu... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7275586 | Heating or air-conditioning system for a motor vehicle The invention relates to a heating or air-conditioning system for a motor vehicle, by which individual zones of the vehicle interior can be supplied with separately temperature-controlled air. An improved heating or air-conditioning system, which requires just a sma... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7246437 | Heat exchanger for cooling exhaust gas and method of manufacturing same A heat exchanger for cooling exhaust gas, around which a liquid cooling medium flows on the outside, including a bundle of rectangular tubes provided as ducts for the exhaust gas whose ends are welded into tube bottoms. The bundle of rectangular tubes is surrounded ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7234515 | Heat exchanger for a motor vehicle A heat exchanger, particularly a flat-tube heat exchanger for a motor vehicle, which includes two coolant boxes and a tube block with an inlet tube attached to one of the boxes and an outlet tube attached to another of the boxes, and wherein each tube extends at lea... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7192253 | Method for producing a fan wheel and fan wheel produced by this method A method for producing a fan wheel (1), in particular for a motor vehicle, which is produced by injection molding of a plastic provided with glass fibers, the casting compound being cast in via a ring or cone gate. Also disclosed is a fan wheel (1) pro... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191883 | Electromagnetically controlled fluid friction coupling The invention relates to a fluid friction coupling comprising a drive shaft (2) and a drive disk (4) which is rotationally fixed thereon, in addition to a drive housing (5) which is rotationally arranged on the drive shaft (2). The drive ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7172014 | Heat exchanger for a motor vehicle, in particular coolant/air cooler A heat exchanger for a motor vehicle, in particular a coolant/air cooler (2′), is designed to be fastened to a lower support and an upper transverse support in the motor vehicle by means of upper and lower fastening elements. The heat exchanger (2′... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168419 | Exhaust gas heat exchanger The invention relates to an exhaust gas heat exchanger comprising a bundle of pipes consisting of exhaust gas pipes and a bypass channel in a common housing. The pipe bundle is arranged in a first chamber that is crossflown by a liquid coolant and the bypass channel... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7156166 | Heating and air-conditioning system for a motor vehicle A heating and air-conditioning system for a motor vehicle has a conditioning housing that includes a connecting section which is provided with at least one air outlet opening. Using connecting structure on the connecting section, the air outlet opening may be connec... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7156164 | Heat exchanger The invention relates to a heat exchanger (10) with tubes (80) and a collector box (20). Said collector box (20) has a tube-plate (30) with tube openings (60) and with angled or rounded lateral regions (110,120). ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7143824 | Heat exchanger, in particular charge-air cooler The invention relates to a heat exchanger, in particular a charge-air cooler for a motor vehicle. ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7143604 | Coolant evaporator A coolant evaporator (1) has a heat transmission surface (3) provided for the transmission of heat from air to a coolant and a number of flow duct segments (2) provided for receiving the coolant. A storage capsule (6a, 6b... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7139648 | Apparatus for actuating a control element for a heating or air-conditioning system in a motor vehicle The invention relates to an apparatus for actuating a control element, for example, an air flap, for a heating or air-conditioning system (34) in a motor vehicle, having an actuating drive (32), an electrical circuit (1) which controls the actua... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7121332 | Heat exchanger Heat exchanger (1), in particular a gas condenser for a CO2 coolant, comprising at least one two-part collector chamber (4) consisting of a base (3) and a cover (5) and a heat exchanger network consisting of flat tubes (2 | 10/17/2006 |
| 7108053 | Plate-type heat exchanger The invention relates to a plate-type heat exchanger having a plate block comprising partition plates which delimit flow channel layers between the plates. According to the invention, the partition plates have a solid or folded edge, which projects out of the plane ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7029389 | Air supply orifice or vent arrangement for a vehicle An air supply orifice arrangement (1) particularly suitable for a motor vehicle includes at least one air supply orifice (4) which is arranged on a support (3), wherein the air supply orifice (4) is capable of being displaced with respect... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7003975 | Heating/cooling circuit for an air-conditioning system of a motor vehicle, air-conditioning system and a method for controlling the same The invention relates to a heating/cooling circuit for a motor vehicle comprising an evaporator (14) for cooling air to be fed into an interior space, a heat exchanger (16) for heating said air to be fed into the interior space, an external heat exchan... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6993838 | Collector tube for a heat transfer unit and method for producing same The invention relates to a collector tube (1) for a heat transfer unit. The tube comprises one or several slits (3d) on the periphery thereof, whereby said slits are formed by a punch press without an inner die or by high-pressure shaping for in... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6971440 | Heating or air-conditioning system for a motor vehicle The invention relates to a heating or air-conditioning system for a motor vehicle, by which individual zones of the vehicle interior can be supplied with separately temperature-controlled air. An improved heating or air-conditioning system, which requires just a sma... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6955394 | Structural component for a motor vehicle The invention relates to a structural component for a motor vehicle, especially a stretcher to be used in the driver's compartment. The structural component (10) is configured as a lightweight component that comprises a shell-shaped base (12) and plast... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6953325 | Safety device to limit pressure in an axial-piston compressor housing A safety device limits the pressure in an axial-piston compressor with variable piston displacement. The compressor has as wobble plate or swash plate whose tilt angle can be variably controlled by the pressure differential between the high pressure in the discharge... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6953081 | Heat exchanger and vehicle heating or air-conditioning system including same The invention relates to a plate-type heat exchanger, in which at least one first flow passage (16) for a first medium is provided between two plates (12 and 14), which form a plate pair (13). A plurality of second flow passages (18 | 10/11/2005 |
| 6938685 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger (1) consists of a plurality of disks (4) which are assembled to form a heat exchanger block or disk stack (16) and which are formed in each case from sheets (22) joined together in pairs and enclose between them at least ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6935673 | Dashboard of a passenger motor vehicle and method of making same A dashboard of a motor vehicle passenger car, includes an upper part which covers installations. The installations and the upper part are provided with meshing fastening structure, which are positioned toward the top corner relative to the interior of the motor vehi... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6918436 | Brazed condenser for an air conditioner In a brazed condenser for an air conditioner, a collecting tube connected with a collector is prefabricated as a one-piece tube. The collecting tube is connected by tack weld seams with the collector before brazing the collecting tube and the collector together.... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6899614 | Ventilation unit for a motor vehicle A ventilation unit for a motor vehicle is provided comprising a housing with air ducts for supplying air through panel openings into the interior of the vehicle. At least one draft tube is disposed in the housing adjacent said panel openings, where the at least on d... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6896191 | Heating device suitable for motor vehicles The invention relates to a heating device, in particular for motor vehicles, for generating frictional heat by liquid friction with a housing which is arranged in a stationary position and has a working space and a motor-driven rotor in the working space. ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6857468 | Cooler and method of cooling a medium The invention relates to a cooler having means for directing a cooling medium, means for directing a medium to be cooled, and an essentially axially symmetrical housing. The means for directing the medium to be cooled is arranged in such a way that the medium to be ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6854286 | Air-conditioner for a motor vehicle The invention relates to an air-conditioner having a heat exchanger, such as an evaporator, for example, with a reservoir for a cold storage medium. ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6843312 | Air conditioning system and operating method for a motor vehicle with heat pump and/or reheat operating mode An air conditioning system has a refrigerant cycle, a coolant cycle, a refrigerant/coolant heat exchanger, coupling these cycles so as to transfer heat, and a valve for operating mode-dependent control of the refrigerant flow, whereby the air conditioning system can... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6792898 | Foley and lardner The invention relates to a coolant circuit for a motor vehicle having an engine and a radiator. The coolant circuit includes an exhaust gas heat exchanger and enables engine coolant coming from the radiator to be supplied directly to the exhaust gas heat exchanger. ... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6772518 | Method of forming flat-tube insertion slots in a header tube The invention relates to a method for forming at least one flat-tube insertion slot in a header tube. A sawcut is introduced into the header tube during a sawing step, and the slot is configured, during a subsequent punching step, by means of a slot punch, which pun... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6751983 | Air conditioning unit with an inner heat transfer unit The invention relates to an air conditioning unit with a coolant circuit which consists of a compressor, an evaporator, a collector located at the low pressure side between the evaporator and the compressor and an inner heat transfer unit with a beat transfer channe... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6749657 | Filter system A filter system, including a folded filter (1) and a cover (2) of a filter housing (3), the folded filter (1) and the cover (2) forming a preassemblable unit (4) and being essentially sealingly joined to each other so as to ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6742352 | Heat exchanger for a motor vehicle air-conditioning system The invention relates to a heat exchanger for an air-conditioning system (54) of a motor vehicle having a plurality of conducting members (102) for a refrigerant, between which air can flow for heat exchange purposes. In order to provide a heat exchang... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6739385 | Plate-type heat exchanger The invention relates to a plate-type heat exchanger having a plate block comprising partition plates which delimit flow channel layers between the plates. According to the invention, the partition plates have a solid or folded edge, which projects out of the plane ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6729388 | Charge air cooler, especially for motor vehicles The invention provides a charge air cooler, especially for motor vehicles, having a finned-tube block. The finned-tube block includes flat tubes through which charge air can flow and at least one fin member attached to the flat tubes. At least one fin member include... | 05/04/2004 |