Patent ID: 9366486
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: F28D,F28F,H01M,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. A heat exchanger comprising: a housing, a fluid inlet, and a fluid outlet, wherein the housing is in fluid communication via the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet with a fluid circuit, a flow-guiding element in an interior of the housing, wherein the housing is formed from a housing upper part and a trough-like housing lower part, wherein the housing lower part has a base region, a supporting structure, and an encircling side wall defined by an encasement, wherein the supporting structure is at least partially surrounded by the encasement and is formed from a metallic material, and the encasement is formed from a plastic, wherein the supporting structure has at least one opening, wherein the encasement at least partially engages into or behind the supporting structure through the at least one opening, wherein the housing upper part is formed from a plastic and the housing lower part is connected to the housing upper part by means of plastic-on-plastic contact where the flow-guiding element is formed by a projection from the housing lower part which projects into the interior of the housing and projects through the supporting structure, wherein the opening in the supporting structure is arranged adjacent to an apex of the flow-guiding element.