Patents Represented by Law Firm Dennison, Meserole, Pollack & Sheiner
  • Rapid action coupling system for a heat exchanger fluid tank
    Patent number: 5022461
    Abstract: The fluid tank is divided by a planar partition (3) into a fluid inlet compartment and a fluid outlet compartment. Toward the outside, the fluid tank has an annular protruding rim (19) surrounding two openings (1, 2), one for each of the two compartments. A coupling device case en bloc including inlet and outlet pipes for the fluid, which are placed facing the openings (1, 2), is provided with centering means cooperating with the rim (19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1991
    Assignees: Valeo Thermique Moteur, Hutchinson
    Inventors: Michel Potier, Gilles Briet