Abstract: A process for producing a composite. The process may include providing a cooling plate through which a temperature-control fluid is flowable, providing a structural component that is coolable via the cooling plate, and fixing and thermal coupling the cooling plate and the structural component to one another via full-surface adhesive bonding the cooling plate and the structural component to one another. Full-surface adhesive bonding the cooling plate and the structural component to one another may include arranging an adhesive in a joint disposed between the cooling plate and the structural component.

Abstract: A heat exchanger may include a plurality of tubes and a plurality of corrugated fins arranged between the plurality of tubes. The plurality of corrugated fins may have straight flanks and may define a plurality of corrugation troughs and a plurality of corrugation peaks each having a curve. According to one example, the curve of a corrugation peak may have a curved first segment and a linear second segment. According to another example, the curve of a corrugation peak may have a curved first segment and a curved second segment that is curved in the same direction as the curved first segment. A laminated adhesive layer may be disposed on an outer side of the plurality of tubes.

Abstract: A battery box for a traction battery of an electric or hybrid motor vehicle may include a plurality of bracing elements secured to an associated node element of a plurality of node elements on each side and arranged to define a lattice structure. The plurality of node elements and the plurality of bracing elements may each have a respective hollow profile. The plurality of bracing elements and the plurality of node elements may externally delimit at least one cube-shaped accommodation space. A battery module of a traction battery may be braceable and securable in the at least one cube-shaped accommodation space.

Abstract: A method for producing a heat exchanger may include: a) applying an adhesive layer to an outer side of heat exchanger tubes by laminating at least one of an adhesive sheet and an adhesive film; b) expanding the tubes on a longitudinal end side in a connecting region via an expanding mandrel; c) arranging the tubes parallel to one another such that the tubes lie flat against one another via the connecting region; and d) heating the adhesive layer at least in the connecting region of the tubes to adhesively bond the tubes to one another via the connecting region.

Abstract: A method for producing a heat exchanger may include adhesively bonding at least two components to one another and applying an adhesive layer to an outer side of at least one of the at least two components.

Abstract: A method for producing a heat exchanger having tubes, which may be fixed on longitudinal ends in associated openings of a tube plate of a collector, may first include applying an adhesive layer to an outside of each tube by lamination of one of an adhesive layer and an adhesive film. The method may then include inserting each tube with a longitudinal end side tube wall portion into a respective one of the associated openings on the tube plate, wherein the tube wall portion may be bent over in such a manner that it is placed against non-parallel walls of the respective one of the associated openings. The method may further include heating the adhesive layer for adhesive bonding of the tube wall portion of each tube to the non-parallel walls of the respective one of the associated openings.

Abstract: The application relates to a heat exchanger and a connecting system for the heat exchanger. This subject matter includes a housing formed by a top part and a bottom part and a first connecting element and a second connecting element connected to these top and bottom parts. Specific embodiments of the subject matter are shown in which the connecting elements connect the housing top part and bottom part by a positive and/or material connection. The advantages of each embodiment over prior approaches are too numerous to include in this abstract, but will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art when reviewing the full specification.

Abstract: The invention relates to a module for a heat pump, comprising an adsorption-desorption region, wherein in the region a bundle of pipes through which fluid can flow is arranged and a housing encloses the pipe bundle and a movable working medium in a sealing manner, wherein a supporting structure forms a mechanical support of a wall of the housing against the action of an external pressure.

Abstract: A method for producing a tubular member from a metal sheet may include applying an adhesive layer to at least one joining section of at least two associated joining sections of the metal sheet, forming the metal sheet into a tubular member such that the at least two associated joining sections may be arranged on one another, and heating the adhesive layer by rolling a first roll over the metal sheet.

Abstract: Heat exchanger having a housing, having a first fluid port and having a second fluid port, wherein the housing is in fluid communication with a fluid source via the fluid ports, wherein the housing can be traversed by a flow of a fluid, wherein the housing is of multi-part design and has a housing upper part and a housing lower part, wherein the housing upper part and/or the housing lower part has a base region and an at least partially encircling turned-up edge region, wherein housing the two parts are formed from a plastic or a fiber composite material.

Abstract: A method of producing a heat exchanger is provided that includes a connection between two elements of a heat exchanger, the two elements being connectible to each other in at least one respective contact surface. An adhesive film is applied to at least one of the elements in the region of the respective contact surface, two elements being brought in contact with each other by applying pressure and an adhesive bond being produced between the elements by means of the adhesive film. An associated heat exchanger is also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger with a first and a second collecting tank, with at least one tube arranged between the two collecting tanks, each having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. At least one tube end is in fluid communication with a collecting tank and is connected to the collecting tank via a form-fitting and/or integrally bonded connection, wherein the opening is surrounded by an opening edge.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a layered heat transfer device or a subelement of a layered heat transfer device, wherein a connecting layer is arranged between at least one channel plate and at least one cover plate and/or between at least two channel plates, wherein a joint, in particular an adhesive joint, is formed between the at least one channel plate and the at least one cover plate or between at least two channel plates. The invention likewise relates to a layered heat transfer device which has cover plates and a channel plate stack arranged between said cover plates. The cover plates and the channel plates of the channel plate stack are connected to one another by means of a connecting layer in the form of an adhesive layer.

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.

Abstract: An adsorber structure for a heat pump, having at least one pipe, through which a heat-transfer fluid can flow, and an adsorption medium, wherein a working medium can be adsorbed and desorbed on the adsorption medium and the adsorption medium is in thermal connection with the pipe, wherein the adsorption medium is designed as at least one, in particular several, molded bodies, which is/are directly adjacent to a pipe wall of one of the pipes.

Abstract: A method comprising a step of providing a cooling plate having at least one exposed cooling channel designed for guiding a cooling fluid. The method further comprises a step of providing a mounting unit designed for receiving and fixing at least one energy storage unit. The method finally comprises a step of connecting the cooling plate to the mounting unit, whereby the at least one cooling channel is closed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a module for a heat pump, comprising an adsorption-desorption region, wherein in the region a bundle of pipes through which fluid can flow is arranged and a housing encloses the pipe bundle and a movable working medium in a sealing manner, wherein a supporting structure forms a mechanical support of a wall of the housing against the action of an external pressure.

Abstract: A device for cooling a vehicle battery is provided that includes a plurality of electrical storage elements, and a cooling element having ducts for a fluid to flow through, wherein the electrical storage elements are in thermal contact with the cooling elements and heat can be transmitted from the storage elements to the fluid, and wherein the cooling element which comprises the ducts is embodied as at least one extruded profile.

Abstract: An adsorber structure for a heat pump, having at least one pipe, through which a heat-transfer fluid can flow, and an adsorption medium, wherein a working medium can be adsorbed and desorbed on the adsorption medium and the adsorption medium is in thermal connection with the pipe, wherein the adsorption medium is designed as at least one, in particular several, molded bodies, which is/are directly adjacent to a pipe wall of one of the pipes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger with a first and a second collecting tank, with at least one tube arranged between the two collecting tanks, each having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. At least one tube end is in fluid communication with a collecting tank and is connected to the collecting tank via a form-fitting and/or integrally bonded connection, wherein the opening is surrounded by an opening edge.