Abstract: In an arrangement for connecting a high-voltage or very-high-voltage power cable comprising an insulative external jacket to an equipment element comprising an external surface by means of an insulative layer, the insulative layer consists of a composite material resistant to traction in the longitudinal direction of the cable and attached to said external jacket and to the external surface.

Abstract: Heat exchanger tube (100), in particular the condenser of a motor vehicle air conditioning system, is disclosed. The tube comprises a folded wall (105) defining a housing (115), and an internal separator (130), inserted into said housing, said internal separator defining a plurality of fluid circulation channels (136), said wall (105) having large surfaces connected by radii. The tube (100) is configured so that the clearance between the wall (105) and the internal separator (130) is filled along at least one radius (110).

Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly of two parts crimped together by folding at least one portion of peripheral edge (12) of one so-called first part (8) over the other so-called second part (9). Said first part (8) has a hinge-forming region facilitating the folding of said portion of peripheral edge (12). The invention also relates to a manifold comprising said assembly and a heat exchanger comprising said manifold.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a brazing method for a component (100) of an air-conditioning circuit comprising a fluid refrigerant receiver (200), said receiver containing a desiccator (210) for said fluid refrigerant. Said method includes the steps consisting of: equipping said receiver (200) with confinement means (221, 222) capable of insulating said desiccator (210) from said component (100); assembling and brazing together said receiver (200) and said component (100); releasing said confinement means (221, 222). The invention also relates to a fluid receiver intended in particular for implementing such a method, with application to the air conditioning of motor vehicles.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a thin panel for absorbing sound waves emitted by a turbofan of an aircraft nacelle. The thin panel includes a plate capable of vibrating so as to convert the waves into evanescent waves.

Abstract: A header box (3?) comprises a header (10) and a cover (11) having a dimension with longitudinal extension. The header box (3?) further comprises at least one flange (8?) crimped in-between the header (10) and the cover (11).The header (10) has a ductility different from that of the flange (8?). A longitudinal portion (18) of the header (10) and/or of the flange (8?) is rolled in such a way that the flange (8?) is trapped between the header (10) and the cover (11). A heat exchanger can comprise such a box. A method of crimping such a box is also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cylinder for storing coolant, with which a heat exchanger of an air-conditioning circuit is to be provided, said cylinder defining a first cavity (2) accommodating a desiccator, and a second cavity (3) capable of enabling fluid communication with said circuit. Said cylinder is configured such that said first (2) and second (3) cavities remain isolated from each other up to a first inner pressure threshold, and are placed in fluid communication once said second cavity (3) is subjected to a second inner pressure threshold that is greater than the first threshold. The invention also relates to a condenser provided with such a cylinder.

Abstract: A collector box (5) is a component of a heat exchanger for a motor vehicle, with the heat exchanger including a heat exchange core with a plurality of heat exchange tubes (3). The collector box (5) includes a fluid collector (9) with a flat bottom (13) to receive the ends of the tubes (3). The fluid collector (9) has two lateral walls (15) extending from the flat bottom (13) and respectively forming a curve between the lateral walls (15) and the flat bottom (13) of a radius (R) of between 1.5 and 4 mm. The fluid collector (9) has a ratio between the burst strength and the height (h) of the collector box (5) that is greater than 10.

Abstract: A connection flange for a collector box of a heat exchanger for a vehicle defines a fluid inlet and/or a fluid outlet. The flange comprises a fixing adaptor for mounting the heat exchanger on a fixing support (e.g. a mounting bracket) of the vehicle. The fixing adaptor is produced separately from the flange. A collector box comprising such a connection flange and a heat exchanger comprising such a collector box are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a brazing method for a tube of an air heater. The method includes the steps of: folding a metal band such as to form at least one tube, providing inside the tube a disturbance insert having a thickness substantially lower than or equal to 150 ?m, with the metal band and/or the insert includes a plating layer on at least one surface to be brazed such that the ratio of the volume of the plating layer to the volume to be brazed is either substantially higher than or equal to a predetermined threshold on the basis of the average gap between the insert and the tube, and brazing the tube and the insert.

Abstract: Fluid circulation tube and heat exchanger equipped with tubes of this type are disclosed. The tube (6) is produced by bending, and, once its wall has been bent, has a base portion (12) prolonged laterally by two linking portions (13) leading to two top portions (14) turned toward one another, which terminate in end legs (15) turned toward the base portion (12), forming at least two parallel longitudinal internal channels (16) into which the two systems (20) of bends (21) of a corrugated disrupter (17) can be inserted, these systems being interconnected by a central part (23) inserted into a gap left between said legs and the base portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly of two parts crimped together by folding at least one portion of peripheral edge (12) of one so-called first part (8) over the other so-called second part (9). Said first part (8) has a hinge-forming region facilitating the folding of said portion of peripheral edge (12). The invention also relates to a manifold comprising said assembly and a heat exchanger comprising said manifold.

Abstract: Header for a heat exchanger and resulting heat exchanger are disclosed. The tubular header is of the type which can receive at least one connecting flange (5, 6) with an internal fluid passage (25), and is composed of: a header plate (8) with a longitudinally open wall, provided with slots intended to receive parallel fluid flow tubes; and a cover (9) which, after assembly, closes a longitudinal opening of said header plate, the wall of this cover having at least one external collar (28) delimiting a hole for the flow of fluid (27), said connecting flange (5, 6) being attached to said cover (9) and being configured in such a way that it can be crimped onto the header (3, 4), thereby bringing the internal passage (25) into fluid communication with the hole (27) in said collar.

Abstract: Heat exchanger tube (100), in particular the condenser of a motor vehicle air conditioning system, is disclosed. The tube comprises a folded wall (105) defining a housing (115), and an internal separator (130), inserted into said housing, said internal separator defining a plurality of fluid circulation channels (136), said wall (105) having large surfaces connected by radii. The tube (100) is configured so that the clearance between the wall (105) and the internal separator (130) is filled along at least one radius (110).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a brazing method for a component (100) of an air-conditioning circuit comprising a fluid refrigerant receiver (200), said receiver containing a desiccator (210) for said fluid refrigerant. Said method includes the steps consisting of: equipping said receiver (200) with confinement means (221, 222) capable of insulating said desiccator (210) from said component (100); assembling and brazing together said receiver (200) and said component (100); releasing said confinement means (221, 222). The invention also relates to a fluid receiver intended in particular for implementing such a method, with application to the air conditioning of motor vehicles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat exchanger header, wherein said header includes a lower portion (3) having two longitudinal edges (7), an upper portion (4) forming a cover, and at least one flange (9, 10, 30). According to the invention, said flange (9, 10, 30) has a profile (11, 17, 37) that enables the longitudinal edges (7) of the header, which are provided at least locally folded, to be received at the flanks (12, 19, 38) thereof, so as to simultaneously crimp the flange (9, 10, 30) onto said cover (4) and retain the cover (4) on said lower portion (3).

Abstract: In an arrangement for connecting a high-voltage or very-high-voltage power cable comprising an insulative external jacket to an equipment element comprising an external surface by means of an insulative layer, the insulative layer consists of a composite material resistant to traction in the longitudinal direction of the cable and attached to said external jacket and to the external surface.

Abstract: An organic electrolyte electric cell includes a first electrode having the superposition of a first layer containing an electrochemically active material and a porous second layer constituted by a polymeric material and having a free face. A second electrode is provided with a porous layer having at least one free face and containing an electrochemically active material, and the electrodes are assembled by adhesive bonding. The bonding is carried out by coating an adhesive onto the free face of the porous layer of one of the two electrodes and then bringing the free face coated with a film of adhesive into contact with the free face of the porous layer of the other electrode to form an electrochemical couple.

Abstract: In a process for the production of an organic electrolyte electric cell with a unitary structure comprising at least one pair of electrodes comprising a first electrode comprising the superposition of a first layer containing an electrochemically active material and a porous second layer constituted by a polymeric material and having a free face and a second electrode comprising a porous layer having at least one free face and containing an electrochemically active material the electrodes are assembled by adhesive bonding. The bonding is carried out by coating an adhesive onto the free face of the porous layer of one of the two electrodes and then bringing the free face coated with a film of adhesive into contact with the free face of the porous layer of the other electrode to form an electrochemical couple.