Abstract: The invention relates to an air conditioning system for heating and air conditioning a motor vehicle, comprising a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger, the air conditioning system having a first flow channel and a second flow channel and flow being able to pass around both heat exchangers along the second flow channel and around only the first heat exchanger along the first flow channel, a flow guidance element in the form of a wall section, by which a fluid flow can be influenced in a region between the heat exchangers, being arranged on the second heat exchanger.

Abstract: A heat exchanger, in particular a heat exchanger of a motor vehicle, having cooling pipes and having collecting tanks, in which heat exchanger the cooling pipes extend between the collecting tanks, in which heat exchanger the cooling pipes and the collecting tanks are spatially connected to one another, in which heat exchanger the cooling pipes are produced from a strip material with at least one cooling pipe seam, in which heat exchanger the at least one cooling pipe seam forms an inner partition of the cooling pipe, and in which heat exchanger the cooling pipes have an external solder plating on the pipe outer side and the cooling pipes have more than one coating on the pipe inner side, wherein one of the coatings on the pipe inner side is arranged only partially in the region of the at least one cooling pipe seam, as a result of which particularly high demands with regard to a multi-coating layered construction of cooling pipes of the heat exchanger can be met in a cost-effective manner.

Abstract: A cooling device for a battery system may include at least two battery units. The cooling device may include at least a first and a second cooling plate able to be flowed through respectively by a coolant. The first and second cooling plate may be arranged respectively for thermal coupling with a respective battery unit. The first and second cooling plate each may include a first fluid inlet, which is connected fluidically with a first fluid outlet via a first fluid duct extending along an extent direction, and a second fluid inlet, which is connected fluidically with a second fluid outlet via a second fluid duct extending along the extent direction.

Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement of a charge air cooler in an intake pipe, wherein the charge air cooler has a cooler block through which charge air can flow and the charge air cooler can be inserted into the intake pipe through a first opening in said intake pipe, wherein the cooler block has at least one first outer wall and at least one second outer wall, which outer walls run along the main direction of extent of the cooler block and bound the region of the cooler block through which charge air can flow, wherein the intake pipe surrounds, on three sides, that part of the charge air cooler which can be inserted, so that charge air can flow through the cooler block of the charge air cooler within the intake pipe.

Abstract: A cooling circuit, in particular of a motor is provided that includes a drive unit with a cooling circuit, through which coolant heated in the drive unit flows, a first heat exchanger which emits heat from the coolant to the environment and a device for energy recovery with a second heat exchanger, which is switched into the cooling circuit. A line section of the cooling circuit is connectable in parallel to the second heat exchanger that includes a hydraulic element, which guides a defined coolant flow to the second heat exchanger.

Abstract: A heat exchanger having at least one collecting tank which extends in a longitudinal direction and which comprises a plate and a cover, wherein the plate has, at least one of its edge regions running in the longitudinal direction, a rim by means of which the plate engages at the outside over an edge region, which runs in the longitudinal direction, of the cover, or wherein the cover has, at least one of its edge regions running in the longitudinal direction, a rim by means of which the cover engages at the outside over an edge region, which runs in the longitudinal direction, of the plate. The respective rim have, in the longitudinal direction, a multiplicity of calked portions by means of which said rim, in the region of each individual calked portion, is deformed in the plate and the cover to one another.

Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger, such as in particular an exhaust-gas evaporator, having a housing with a fluid inlet, and with a fluid outlet for a first medium, such as in particular exhaust gas, and having tubes which are arranged in the housing transversely with respect to the flow direction of the first fluid and through which a second medium can flow and which, by way of their ends at the inlet side and at the outlet side are arranged and connected in a fluid tight manner in a tube plate, wherein, to the respective tube plate, there is connected in each case one structure by means of which groups of tubes are connected to one another in such a way that an outlet of at east one tube is fluidically connected to an inlet of at least one other tube.

Abstract: Arrangement of an intercooler in an intake pipe, wherein the intercooler has a cooler block through which charge air can flow and a first opening through the intake pipe, through which the intercooler can be inserted into the intake pipe, wherein the intake pipe has a second opening, which is arranged substantially opposite the first opening and can be closed by means of a housing part.

Abstract: Disclosed is a heat exchanger, especially an exhaust gas heat exchanger, comprising a housing (101, 201, 301, 401, 501, 601, 702, 801, 901, 1101, 1401, 1501, 1901, 2001, 2101, 2201) which can be penetrated by at least one first medium (M1) and at least one second medium (M2), and at least one sealing element (213, 607, 707, 906, 1006, 1011, 1411, 1506, 2205). At least one flow means (217, 1507, 1507a, 1508, 1904, 2005, 2105, 2206, 2206a, 2206b), around which the second medium flows, is provided inside the housing, said flow means improving heat transfer from the first medium to the second medium.

Abstract: The invention concerns a thermoelectric module with multiple thermoelectric elements, which are arranged spaced apart from one another, two thermoelectric elements being respectively electrically connected by means of a conductor bridge, an electrical insulation being arranged at least in certain portions on a side of the conductor bridge that is facing away from the thermoelectric element and/or on a side of the conductor bridge that is facing the thermoelectric element, the electrical insulation being arranged on the surface of the conductor bridge, the electrical insulation and the conductor bridge being thermomechanically decoupled.

Abstract: A device for cooling a gas flow of an internal combustion engine includes a housing, an inlet and an outlet for a gas of the internal combustion engine, which is to be cooled, an inlet and an outlet for a liquid coolant, a heat exchanger for heat transfer between the gas and the coolant, a first wall section of the housing, wherein the first wall section is arranged between the coolant and the gas flow, and a second wall section of the housing, wherein the second wall section is arranged between the coolant and the atmosphere, wherein the first wall section and the second wall section are integrally formed in one piece.

Abstract: A collection container for a heat exchanger, in particular for a refrigerant condenser of a motor vehicle, the collection container having at least one inlet opening for a fluid, in particular refrigerant, and the collection container having at least one outlet opening for the fluid, in which in addition the outer jacket of the collection container limits a cross-sectional surface of the internal chamber in each of a number of cross-sections regarded perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the collection container, and in which the surface content of these cross-sectional surfaces of the internal chamber limited by the outer jacket has different sizes in at least two cross-sections situated at a distance from one another in the longitudinal direction of the collection container.

Abstract: The invention relates to a plate-type heat exchanger, in particular for motor vehicles, having a plurality of plate pairs for forming first, second and third flow paths, a spatial region for fourth flow paths being formed between adjacent plate pairs, the plate pairs being formed from at least one first plate and a second plate in order to form the first flow paths and the second flow paths between the first and second plates, the third flow paths also being formed between the first plate and the second plate or an attachment plate being placed upon the firs and/or the second plate in order to form the third flow path between the first plate and the attachment plate and/or between the second plate and the attachment plate.

Abstract: A plate-type heat exchanger, in particular for motor vehicles, is described which includes plate pairs. In one example, a plate pair includes a first plate and a second plate that form a first flow path and a second flow path between the plates. In this configuration, the first and the second plate are associated with a first attachment plate and a second attachment plate, respectively. A third flow path is formed between the first plate and the second attachment plate and the first flow path is formed between the second plate and the first attachment plate. Alternatively, the third flow path is formed between the first plate and the first attachment plate and the first flow path is formed between the second plate and the second attachment plate. A spatial region for a fourth flow path may also be formed between adjacent plate pairs.

Abstract: An air vent having a housing, a first control element and a second control element, wherein the housing forms a flow passage, wherein the first control element is supported on the housing so as to be rotatable about a first axis of rotation and the second control element is supported on the housing so as to be rotatable about a second axis of rotation, wherein the second axis of rotation is perpendicular to the first axis of rotation, wherein the first control element is connected to the second control element by a coupling element and the control elements are movable relative to one another.

Abstract: A thermoelectric module having a first and second housing element, at least two thermoelectric elements arranged between the housing elements and are each connected electrically to one another via first or second electrical contacts or are connected electrically to an electrical circuit via first and/or second electrical contacts. The first electrical contacts are assigned to the first housing element and the second electrical contacts are assigned to the second housing element. The first housing element and/or the second housing element have at least one opening, which is covered by at least one section of the first electrical contacts and/or the second electrical contacts. The first electrical contacts and/or the second electrical contacts are connected to the first housing element and/or the second housing element.

Abstract: A heat accumulator for use in a motor vehicle having a heat accumulator container which can be integrated into the motor oil circuit, through which motor oil flows when the motor is running, and which is disconnected from the circuit when the motor is switched off. The oil pan of the motor, in particular the lower part of the oil pan, is provided as the heat accumulator container, and the oil pan is provided with heat-insulating container walls. Also, an element for increasing the heat capacity of the heat accumulator is provided.

Abstract: Specified is a heat exchanger for an exchange of heat between a first fluid, in particular charge air or an exhaust gas, and a second fluid, in particular a coolant, having a block for the separate and heat-exchanging guidance of the first and second fluids, which block has a number of flow ducts which can be traversed by the first fluid and a housing which holds the flow ducts and which can be traversed by the second fluid, at least one casing cover which is flow-connected to the flow ducts, a base which is fixed to the casing cover and which is provided with one or with a plurality of passage openings for the flow ducts, wherein the base is composed of at least one first base part and a second base part.

Abstract: A device for regulating a temperature of a plurality of components of a vehicle is provided. The device has a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger, which are connected to one another in order to form a closed refrigerant circuit. The device furthermore has a first multiway valve, a second multiway valve, a third multiway valve and a fourth multiway valve for connecting the first and the second heat exchanger to a first component and a second component of the vehicle.

Abstract: Apparatus for cooling electrical elements, comprising a heat sink (1, 101, 201) through which a coolant can flow, a plurality of electrical elements (2, 102, 202) which each have a bottom surface and a side surface, with the bottom surfaces being aligned essentially on one plane, with the heat sink (1, 101, 201) having at least one channel (4, 5, 104, 105, 204, 205) through which a coolant can flow and making thermal contact with the electrical elements (2, 102, 202), characterized in that the heat sink (1, 101, 202) extends essentially parallel to the plane of the bottom surfaces, with the channel (4, 5, 104, 105, 204, 205) in the heat sink having a profile which is matched to edges of the electrical elements (2, 102, 202).