Patent ID: 9732708
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: F02M,F28D,F28F

Claim:
1. An internal combustion engine, comprising: a housing and at least one cavity arranged in the housing for receiving a coolant flow; an exhaust gas cooler for cooling an exhaust gas flow to be supplied to a combustion process; the exhaust gas cooler configured as a stacked disc cooler including at least two stacking discs, an exhaust gas inlet, a cover plate and a screw-mounting plate for screw-mounting to the housing; the exhaust gas cooler protrudes into the at least one cavity of the housing through which the coolant flow is received; wherein the screw-mounting plate includes a spacer element disposed at least at the exhaust gas inlet, the spacer element defining at least part of the exhaust gas inlet for guiding the exhaust gas flow into the exhaust gas cooler, wherein the spacer element protrudes in a direction of the at least two stacking discs and enlarges a distance between the screw-mounting plate and an adjacent stacking disc of the at least two stacking discs to position the exhaust gas cooler further into the cavity; and wherein the spacer element is structured as a baffle element for influencing the exhaust gas flow through the exhaust gas cooler.