Patent ID: 8607852

Claim:
Distribution pipe for a heat exchanger comprising at least two parallel channels for a first medium exchanging heat with a second medium, wherein the distribution pipe comprises a distribution portion provided with a number of holes provided on positions corresponding to the position of the parallel channels, wherein a fitting portion in fluid communication with the distribution portion and placed at one end of such distribution portion, wherein the fitting portion is provided with a brazing surface adapted to be brazed onto an end plate or a start plate, the distribution pipe comprises a guiding surface located between the fitting portion and the distribution portion, whose diameter is such that it snugly fits into an opening of the end plate or the start plate, wherein the guiding surface includes a cylindrical region and a flat region, and the opening of the end plate has a shape that corresponds to the flat region of the guiding surface such that the distribution pipe mounts in the opening in one direction, wherein the holes and the flat region are aligned to point in the one direction.