Patents Assigned to Mahle Behr GmbH & Co. KG
  • Patent number: 9520625
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Mahle Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Ganz, Oleksandr Pavlov, Bernd Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20160320148
    Abstract: A heat exchanger may include a plate, a seal and a cover. The plate may have at least two receiving grooves having a respective groove base, an intermediate region disposed in a plane between a plurality of rim holes, and a ramp extending between the intermediate region and the respective groove base of the at least two receiving grooves. The seal extends in the at least two receiving grooves. The ramp may be rounded at a transition to the receiving grooves with a first radius and at a transition to the intermediate region with a second radius, and the ramp may be inclined between 20°<?<65° relative to the intermediate region or has an S-shaped progression. An inflection point of the plate may be arranged in a region from 10% to 80% of a height difference between the intermediate region and the respective groove base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: MAHLE BEHR GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Harald Bronner, Markus Gutjahr, Markus Huebsch, Claus Augenstein, Reinhard Kull, Stefan Weise, Jens Ruckwied, Jochen Haeussermann
  • Publication number: 20160208746
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for an exhaust gas cooler may include a substantially fluid-tight housing for conducting a first mass flow. At least one heat-permeable tube may extend in the housing for conducting a second mass flow. The housing and an outer surface of the at least one tube may define at least two parallel flow paths for the first mass flow. A plate at least partially containing the at least one tube may delimit the at least two flow paths on a face end. A connection may be arranged in a region of the plate for introducing the first mass flow into the housing. The outer surface of the at least one tube may have an elevation configured to distribute the first mass flow substantially uniformly after entering the housing and divide the first mass flow substantially uniformly among the at least two flow paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: Mahle Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Peter Geskes
  • Publication number: 20160178291
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for a motor vehicle is provided having at least one block formed by tubes arranged parallel to one another and by fins arranged between the tubes. The tubes form multiple first flow ducts through which a first fluid can flow. The regions between the tubes form multiple second flow ducts through which a second fluid can flow around the tubes. The heat exchanger also has a first collecting box with a first fluid port and a second collecting box with a second fluid port. The first flow ducts are in fluid communication with a first cooling circuit via the first fluid port, the second fluid port, and the collecting boxes. The first collecting box or the second collecting box also has a third fluid port that, together with its respective collecting box and further fluid port, are in fluid communication with a second cooling circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: MAHLE Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Richard BRÜMMER, Gunther HENTSCHEL
  • Publication number: 20160056512
    Abstract: A heat exchanger component of a temperature control system of an electrical energy store may include a carrier material and at least two layers. The at least two layers may include a first layer composed of an electrically insulating material and a second layer that may facilitate temperature control via at least one of cooling and heating the electrical energy store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: MAHLE BEHR GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Caroline Schmid, Michael Moser, Nikolaus Daubitzer, Heiko Neff, Dominique Raible, Alexandra Schnaars, Volker Schall, Nic Sautter, Stefan Hirsch
  • Publication number: 20160056511
    Abstract: A heat exchanger component of a temperature control system of an electrical energy store may include a carrier material and at least two layers. The at least two layers may include a first layer composed of an electrically insulating material and a second layer that may facilitate temperature control via at least one of cooling and heating the electrical energy store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: MAHLE BEHR GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Caroline Schmid, Michael Moser, Nikolaus Daubitzer, Heiko Neff, Dominique Raible, Alexandra Schnaars, Volker Schall, Nic Sautter, Stefan Hirsch
  • Publication number: 20160040636
    Abstract: An air supply system for supplying fresh air to at least one combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine may include a housing having a fresh air path and a lateral introduction opening. A charge-air cooler may be instertable into the housing via the introduction opening along an introduction direction. The charge-air cooler may be arranged in the housing and the fresh air path may extend through the charge air cooler. The charge air cooler may include an outer end region closing the introduction opening. The outer end region of the charge-air cooler may be secured to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicants: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH, MAHLE BEHR GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Veit Bruggesser, Andreas Eilemann, Uwe Grass, Rolf Mueller, Hubert Pomin, Christian Saumweber, Juergen Stehlig
  • Publication number: 20150328726
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas heat exchange, in particular for use in the exhaust tract of a motor vehicle, having a housing and having a first flow duct through which a first fluid can flow and which is received at its end regions in tube plates, wherein the first flow duct and the tube plates are surrounded by the housing in such a way that the housing forms a second flow duct through which a second fluid can flow, which second fluid can flow around the first flow duct, having a first diffuser which conducts the first fluid into the first flow duct and having a second diffuser which conducts the first fluid out of the first flow duct, characterized in that the exhaust-gas heat exchanger has, at at least one of its end regions, an at least partially encircling first flange which is formed in one piece with the exhaust-gas heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: MAHLE Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Albrecht SIEGEL, Christian FABER, Simon HUND
  • Patent number: 9127895
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger, especially for cooling exhaust gases. Said heat exchanger comprises at least one first flow channel for a first medium, at least one second flow channel for a second medium, at least one bottom that can be connected to the housing, said bottom having at least one expansion element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: MAHLE BEHR GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Neher, Johannes Pfeffer, Alexander Steck, Helmut Weiser
  • Patent number: 9126282
    Abstract: A method for connecting two components in a fluid-tight manner for producing a fluid-tight unit is provided. The method includes a step of providing at least one first component that is solder-plated on one side, wherein the first component has a cutting burr on a side facing away from the solder-plated surface. The method further includes a step of connecting, in particular soldering, the first component to a second component in a fluid-tight manner, in order to produce the fluid-tight unit, wherein the solder-plated surface of the first component faces the second component when connecting the first and second components in a fluid-tight manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: MAHLE Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Heckenberger, Stefan Hirsch, Florin Moldovan, Christoph Fehrenbacher, Hans-Georg Herrmann
  • Patent number: 9121643
    Abstract: In an evaporator having plate-type construction, a plurality of stack plates are stacked atop one another such that a first fluid passage for a first fluid as a refrigerant and a second fluid passage for a second fluid as a coolant is provided and are formed between the stack plates. The stack plates have first apertures for supply and return of the first fluid, second apertures for supply and return of the second fluid, a first inlet opening and outlet opening for entry and exit of the first fluid, a second inlet opening and outlet opening for entry and exit of the second fluid, and an expansion valve for the first fluid that is built onto or integrated into the rest of the heat exchanger. The evaporator incorporates a shutoff unit for the first fluid that is built onto or integrated into the rest of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: MAHLE Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bernd Schaefer, Markus Wesner
  • Patent number: 9109532
    Abstract: In an internal combustion engine having a system for utilizing the waste heat from the internal combustion engine via the Clausius-Rankine cycle, a system includes a circuit having lines with a working medium, a working medium pump, a vaporizer-exhaust gas heat exchanger, and a vaporizer-EGR heat exchanger, an expander, and a condenser for liquefying the vaporous working medium. The line for the working medium is run from the condenser to the vaporizer-EGR heat exchanger so that the working medium, after flowing through the condenser, first flows through the vaporizer-EGR heat exchanger, and the line for the working medium is run from the vaporizer-EGR heat exchanger to the vaporizer-exhaust gas heat exchanger so that the working medium, after flowing through the vaporizer-EGR heat exchanger, first flows through the vaporizer-exhaust gas heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: MAHLE Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter Geskes, Eberhard Pantow
  • Patent number: 9112208
    Abstract: A module system is provided that includes at least one module support and at least one module support and at least one energy storage module that is connected to the at least one module support. The module support and the energy storage module have cooling fluid connections, electric contacts, and coupling elements that are adapted to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: MAHLE Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Kohlberger, Michael Moser, Heiko Neff, Caroline Schmid, Hans-Georg Herrmann
  • Patent number: 9103268
    Abstract: Disclosed is an intake pipe for a combustion engine, comprising a housing (1) with a supply duct (2) for especially compressed air, a heat exchanger (8) which is disposed within a main duct (4) in the housing (1) and through which the air can flow in order to exchange heat with a fluid, and a bypass duct (5) that is separated from the main duct (4) in at least some sections and is fitted with at least one positioning element (7) to allow the fed air to adjustably bypass the heat exchanger (8). An end of the bypass duct (5) on the engine side is placed at a still flow-relevant short distance from an opening (11) of an intake valve (10) of the combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: MAHLE Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rolf Mueller, Eberhard Pantow, Michael Spieth
  • Patent number: 9103469
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for sealing line interfaces in a motor vehicle in which lines from an engine compartment of the motor vehicle are led into a vehicle interior, wherein the engine compartment is separated from the vehicle interior by a partition which has an opening, through which the lines are led, and the opening is closed on the vehicle interior side by a seal, which is fastened to a functional unit arranged in the vehicle interior. In order to enable a reliable sealing function despite the assembly tolerance to be compensated, a flange of the functional unit that bears the seal can be moved relative to the functional unit, or the seal is movably arranged on the flange, which is rigidly fastened to the functional unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: MAHLE BEHR GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Grieb, Kai Wustlich, Matthias Schall
  • Patent number: 9097469
    Abstract: A header for a heat exchanger, which comprises a plurality of flat tubes arranged in a longitudinal direction. The header has a bottom and a lid. The bottom has a plurality of openings for coupling the header to the plurality of flat tubes. The lid is arranged opposite of the bottom and connected to the lid, at least at the edges extending in the longitudinal direction, in a fluid-tight manner. The lid has a plurality of transverse channels on a side facing the bottom, which are arranged opposite of the plurality of openings, and a longitudinal channel extending in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: MAHLE Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Uwe Foerster, Kurt Molt
  • Patent number: 9097466
    Abstract: A heat exchanger, particularly for charge air or exhaust gas, performs heat exchange between a first fluid and a second fluid, and includes heat exchanging guides for the first and second fluids, the guides being separated from each other in a core, the core having a plurality of flow channels through which the first fluid flows, and a housing that receives the flow channels and through which the second fluid flows. The heat exchanger also includes at least one compartment lid, which is flow-connected to the flow channels, and a base that is attached to the compartment lid and that is equipped with one or more passage openings for flow channels. The compartment lid is attached to the base via one or more connections which connections are bolted connections and/or a slotted crimping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: MAHLE Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Viorel Braic, Roland Hemminger, Daniel Hendrix, Mark Schienemann, Erwin Skiba, Danijel Budimir, Jochen Kaeser
  • Patent number: 9093729
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a plate-type heat exchanger or chiller, with multiple stacking plates stacked one on top of the other such that a first fluid duct for a first fluid and a second fluid duct for a second fluid are formed between the stacking plates. A first inlet and outlet opening for conducting in and discharging the first fluid, and a second inlet and outlet opening for conducting in and discharging the second fluid is provided. The first inlet or outlet opening is formed by an immersion pipe and the first fluid can be conducted into the first fluid duct through the immersion pipe, such that the first inlet and outlet openings are formed on the same side of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: MAHLE BEHR GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Markus Wesner, Hans-Georg Herrmann, Peter Klein, Thomas Himmer
  • Patent number: 9089890
    Abstract: A method for the production of a receiving device for the flow tubes of a heat exchanger with openings for receiving the flow tubes. One opening is at least partially produced by a first forming method and at least partially by a second forming method that is different from the first.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: MAHLE Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Holger Auchter, Hans-Peter Heuss, Bruno Lösch
  • Publication number: 20150204621
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pipe connection, in particular for a heat exchanger, having a pipe end arranged in a connection piece, wherein an outwardly projecting, at least sectionally circumferential bead is configured on the pipe end, and wherein the connection piece has a first connection piece portion which is radially deformable and creates a first radially deformable connection piece portion, wherein the pipe end is held and secured in the connection piece by means of the first radially deformable connection piece portion. The invention further relates to a heat exchanger with a pipe connection of this kind and a connection method for producing a pipe connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: MAHLE BEHR GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Walter Wolf