Heat exchanger for cooling components

Abstract

A heat exchanger for cooling components. The head exchanger includes at least one meandering channel, which is arranged inside a housing, for a cooling medium, wherein the housing is formed in a sandwich-like manner with a housing base, a housing cover and a housing frame, which is arranged between the housing base and the housing cover, with the at least one channel being arranged in the region of the housing frame.

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         14 . A heat exchanger for cooling components, the heating exchanger comprising:
 a housing in which is arranged at least one meandering channel for a cooling medium, wherein the housing is formed in a sandwich-like manner with a housing base, a housing cover, and a housing frame which is arranged between the housing base and the housing cover, the at least one channel being arranged in a region of the housing frame; and   at least one separate insert, arranged within the housing frame, which forms a partial section of the at least one channel, the insert extending at least substantially over an entire height of the housing frame in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the housing frame, and wherein the at least one insert is connected to the housing base and the housing cover in a fluid-tight manner for the cooling medium.   
     
     
         15 . The heat exchanger according to  claim 14 , wherein the at least one insert is configured as a wavelike formed sheet metal that includes first sections connected to the housing base and the housing cover, and second sections that run in a direction approximately perpendicular to the plane of the housing frame, at least in certain regions, wherein the second sections are configured in a straight line and form lateral limitations of the at least one channel. 
     
     
         16 . The heat exchanger according to  claim 15 , wherein the second sections are arranged in contact with the housing frame and/or with a further insert when viewed in their longitudinal direction. 
     
     
         17 . The heat exchanger according to  claim 16 , wherein the housing frame and/or the further insert include rounded arc sections, which serve for flow redirection, for flow reversal of the cooling medium in the at least one channel. 
     
     
         18 . The heat exchanger according to  claim 17 , wherein the arc sections are formed as semi-circles or semi-ellipses. 
     
     
         19 . The heat exchanger according to  claim 17 , wherein at least one second section of the insert is immersed in a region of an arc section. 
     
     
         20 . The heat exchanger according to  claim 16 , wherein the insert includes additional second sections arranged parallel to the second sections and arranged at a distance from the housing frame and/or the further insert when viewed in their longitudinal direction. 
     
     
         21 . The heat exchanger according to  claim 16 , wherein additional flow elements for the cooling medium are arranged at longitudinal ends of least one second section and/or one additional second section of the insert. 
     
     
         22 . The heat exchanger according to  claim 16 , wherein the second sections and/or additional second sections of the insert have different spacings from one another when viewed in a direction perpendicular to their longitudinal direction. 
     
     
         23 . The heat exchanger according to  claim 15 , wherein the first sections of the insert are parallel and the second sections of the insert are at least substantially perpendicular to the plane of the housing frame, such that the at least one channel is rectangular in cross-section. 
     
     
         24 . The heat exchanger according to  claim 15 , wherein the first sections and the second sections of the insert are configured in an approximately semi-circular manner. 
     
     
         25 . The heat exchanger according to  claim 14 , wherein at least the housing frame and the at least one insert are configured as stamped components. 
     
     
         26 . The heat exchanger according to  claim 14 , wherein a connection between the housing frame and the at least one insert and the housing base and/or the housing cover is configured as a material-bonding connection.