Abstract: A device for cooling a heat source of a motor vehicle is provided that includes a cooling body which has a plurality of feed flow channels and a plurality of return flow channels. At least a multiplicity of the feed flow channels and return flow channels are arranged adjacent to one another in an alternating fashion in the cooling body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for controlling the temperature of an energy accumulator, more particularly for a vehicle. The device has a first outer wall element and a second outer wall element. A main surface of the first outer wall element and a main surface of the second outer wall element are interconnected by means of a rib made of a hardened adhesive. The rib forms at least one fluid conduction channel for conducting a temperature control fluid between the first outer wall element and the second outer wall element.

Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger comprising a block which has ribs and tubes and which is arranged between a first collecting box in particular for introducing a medium to be cooled and a second collecting box in particular for discharging said medium. Each collecting box is closed off by a base which has eyelets for receiving the tubes, and a trough-shaped circulating section for receiving the collecting box extends along the edge of the base. The base has an elevated contact region on at least one end face for the tube which lies directly opposite the end face in order to allow a stable structure of the heat exchanger with collecting boxes comprising a trough-shaped depression.

Abstract: A method for controlling an ionization device for ionizing air for the ventilation of motor vehicle interiors. The ionization device releases ions of a first ion type at least intermittently. In addition, the ionization device is operated at least intermittently in at least one regeneration mode.

Abstract: An air outlet, in particular for a motor vehicle, includes at least one air guide element in a flow duct for inducing a swirl in the airflow on introduction of air into the air outlet from an air duct and a flow body embodied along the longitudinal axis of the flow duct.

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.

Abstract: A rotating valve includes an inlet region, an outlet region, and a switching region having a switching member that can be rotated about an axis. In a first position of the switching member the plurality of inlets are connected to the plurality of outlets in a first association, and in a second position of the switching member the plurality of inlets are connected to the plurality of outlets in a second association. The switching member has a plurality of openings through which the fluid flows flow axially in the direction of the rotation axis and are moved together with the switching member. The openings alternately cover a plurality of stationary, axially directed openings in the course of the rotation of the switching member. Different associations of the inlets with the outlets are carried out by the alternating covering of the axially directed openings.

Abstract: A heat exchanger is provided that includes plate pairs stacked one above the other. A first flow chamber is formed between the two plates of a plate pair by conducting a first fluid therethrough, a second flow chamber for conducting a second fluid therethrough, wherein the second flow chamber is formed between two adjacent plate pairs, an inlet opening for introducing the first fluid, and an outlet opening for discharging the first fluid. The plates have at least one expansion opening, in particular at least one expansion slit, for reducing stress in the plates. The heat exchanger can withstand high thermal and mechanical loads even over a long time period, such as 10 years.

Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly may include an intercooler and a housing which encloses said intercooler. The housing may be part of a charge air line. The housing may include a charge air inlet, a charge air outlet and an opening through which the intercooler can be inserted into the housing from one side. The housing may also include a recess on the side opposite the opening, into which recess the intercooler engages. The heat exchanger assembly may include an elastic seal arranged in the region of the recess between the intercooler and the housing. The seal may be configured to at least one of bridge the deformation of the housing occurring during pressure pulsations, bridge relative movements between the intercooler and the housing, and tightly connect the intercooler to the housing in all operating states preventing an undesirable bypass flow.

Abstract: A charge air duct for an internal combustion engine includes a housing with at least one entrance and at least one exit for charge air. A heat exchanger is arranged inside the housing to cool the charge air, a bypass is arranged on the housing to at least partially circumvent the heat exchanger and an actuator is arranged on the housing to influence the charge air flow. The charge air is guided from the entrance to the heat exchanger in a first position of the actuator and from the entrance to the bypass in a second position of the actuator, and the actuator at least partially reduces a cross-section of the charge air in a third position.

Abstract: A thermoelectric module may include a fluid-tight housing having at least one thermoelectrically active element arranged therein. The at least one thermoelectrically active element may have a coating. The housing may form an outer encapsulation and the coating may form an inner encapsulation for the at least one thermoelectrically active element.

Abstract: Heat pump comprising a number of hollow elements (2) with a first zone (2a), a second zone (2b) and a working medium which can be displaced in a reversible manner between the first and second zones, also comprising a number of plate elements (1) and a number of through-passage regions of a first type (4) arranged between the plate elements (1), further comprising a number of through-passage regions of a second type (5) arranged between the plate elements (1), and additionally comprising at least two distributing devices (7, 8) which are arranged at the ends of the plate elements (1) in each case, are provided for distributing a first fluid through the through-passage regions of the first type (4) and each have a fixed hollow cylinder and a distributor insert (7a, 8a) which can be rotated in the hollow cylinder, the distributor insert (7a, 8a) having partition walls (7b, 8b) which separate off at least four separate chambers (11) in each of the cylinders, and a flow path which comprises at least one through-pa

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 thermal transfer device for generating a thermal transfer between an energy store and a temperature-control panel for the temperature-control of the energy store. The thermal transfer device has a thermal insulation layer made of an unevenly distributed insulation material and a tolerance compensating layer made of a compressible material for compensating different material strengths of the thermal insulation layer.

Abstract: An exhaust gas cooler for a motor vehicle is provided that includes a first collector box on an inlet side and a second collector box on an outlet side, and a plurality of exchanger tubes extending between the collector boxes for exhaust gas to flow through. Air can flow around the exchanger tubes so as to cool the exhaust gas. At least one supporting member is attached to at least one of the collector boxes, a force produced by the thermal expansion of the exchanger tubes being passed into the supporting member.

Abstract: The invention relates to a thermoelectric module, having an electric insulation, an electric conductor path, one surface of the electric conductor path being attached to a surface of the electrical insulation, and a thermoelectric material, one surface of the thermoelectric material being attached to another surface of the conductor path.

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: A heat transfer device for a motor vehicle may include a pump and a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger may have a first inlet and a first outlet for a refrigerant, and a second inlet and a second outlet for a coolant. The pump and the heat exchanger may be mounted to each other forming a common assembly.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a heat exchanger with a housing casing, a first base and a second base with openings, pipes as a first flow channel for conducting a first fluid, the ends thereof being arranged in or on the openings of the first and second bases, the pipes and the first and/or the second base are arranged within the housing so that a second flow channel for conducting a second fluid is designed between the housing and the pipes, a first inlet opening for the first fluid, a first outlet opening for the first fluid, a second inlet opening for the second fluid, a second outlet opening for the second fluid, a first diffusor for directing the first fluid into the pipes, a second diffuser for directing the first fluid out of the pipes, which heat exchanger should be simple and cost-effective to produce and ensure reliable operation.

Abstract: A cooling device for a battery module and a battery device comprising said cooling device for a battery module are provided that includes a cooling element having at least one through hole extending from a first side of the cooling element facing the battery module to an opposite second side of the cooling element, at least one spring element disposed on the second side of the cooling element, in order to exert a contact force on the second side of the cooling element in a tensioned condition, and at least one clamping device coupled to the spring element and extending through the through hole, wherein a contact region of the clamping device extends beyond the second side of the cooling element when the spring element is in a relaxed condition.