Patent ID: 8181694

Claim:
A headering arrangement for a heat exchanger for use in automotive applications, comprising: a heat exchanger body; a plastic heat exchanger tank; a header lying essentially in a header plane; a tube extending from the heat exchanger body and passing through a slot provided in the header, the header defining a collar forming a tube ferrule, the tube ferrule surrounding the slot and protruding from the header plane, the header also including a crimp region; a tank foot at the end of the heat exchanger tank; and a tank to header sealing gasket; wherein: a portion of the tube ferrule formed by the collar and the crimp region retain the tank to header sealing gasket and the tank foot; the tank to header sealing gasket is essentially coplanar with the header plane; the tube ferrule is situated at an area of passage of the tube through the header; and the crimp region is directly attached to the header.