Patent ID: 11859926
Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  Y | IPC F

Claim 10:
11. A sealing device for a motor vehicle heat exchanger comprising:
a rigid plate comprising a central recess configured to allow a heat exchanger pipe to pass through;
wherein at least two opposite end edges of said rigid plate are each equipped with a snap-fastening means, each able to interact with complementary snap-fastening elements integrated in a housing located in a support frame of the heat exchanger;
wherein the rigid plate is surrounded by a peripheral zone offset axially and forming a platform, the rigid plate and the peripheral zone being connected by one or more side walls;
wherein the peripheral zone extends in a plane parallel to the plane in which the rigid plate and the central recess extend, and in which the end of the peripheral zone opposite the side walls is equipped with a section of material, orthogonal to the plane of said peripheral zone, forming one or more return wall arranged in such a way that the one or more return walls, the peripheral zone and the one or more side walls form a clearance zone housing the snap-fastening means; and
an elastically deformable sealing means arranged around the central recess formed in the rigid plate wherein a plurality of notches with rounded ends extend from a rectangular-shaped central aperture in the center of the elastically deformable sealing means toward the edges of the rigid plate.