Assembly for receiving a fluid subjected to fluctuating pressure, in particular in the intake manifold of an internal combustion engine

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  "publication_number": "US10895227B2",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B2",
  "title": "Assembly for receiving a fluid subjected to fluctuating pressure, in particular in the intake manifold of an internal combustion engine",
  "abstract": "An assembly for receiving a fluid subjected to fluctuating pressure has a housing with at least two housing parts. A tensioning bolt connects the at least two housing parts to each other. The tensioning bolt has at least two spaced-apart threaded sections, wherein the at least two threaded sections each are screwed into a respective counter thread in the at least two housing parts. The assembly can be a suction pipe or an air filter device of an internal combustion engine.",
  "claims": [
    "1. An assembly for receiving a fluid subjected to fluctuating pressure, the assembly comprising: a housing comprising: a first housing wall; a second housing wall oppositely positioned from the first housing wall, wherein the first housing wall is spaced apart from the second housing wall, forming a receiving space therebetween, the receiving space subject to fluctuating pressure and vacuum forces directed at pushing apart the oppositely positioned housing walls, as well as vacuum forces, which are directed at compressing together the oppositely positioned housing walls; a double tensioning bolt comprising: a first threaded section having: a first thread pitch; and a first outer diameter; a second threaded section spaced axially away from the first threaded section, the second threaded section having: a second thread pitch; and a second outer diameter; wherein the first thread pitch matches the second thread pitch; wherein the first outer diameter is greater the second outer diameter; wherein the first threaded section is threadably engaged into a first counter thread in the first housing wall; wherein the second threaded section is threadably engaged into a second counter thread in the second housing wall; wherein the first threaded section and the second threaded section have a same thread handedness such that rotating the double tensioning bolt in a first screwing direction advances the first threaded section axially into the first counter thread of the first housing wall and advances the second thread section axially in the second counter thread of the second housing wall; wherein the matching first and second thread pitches maintains a fix axial spacing along the double tensioning bolt between the first housing wall and the second housing wall, the spacing fixed as the double tensioning bolt is advanced in the counter threads of the first and second housing walls; wherein the fluctuating pressure or vacuum forces acting on the spaced apart first and second housing walls are absorbed by the double tensioning bolt in case of increasing as well as decreasing pressure by means of the first and second threaded sections so that the axial spacing of the first housing wall to the second housing wall is held to a fixed spacing by the double tensioning bolt.",
    "2. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein the at least two housing parts include a housing part comprising a blind bore recess with a closed bottom, wherein an end face of the double tensioning bolt projects into the blind bore recess.",
    "3. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein the at least two threaded sections of the double tensioning bolt include one or more threaded sections connected by an adhesive or sealing substance with the respective counter thread.",
    "4. The assembly according to claim 3, wherein the adhesive or sealing substance is applied onto the one or more threaded sections prior to screwing in the double tensioning bolt into the respective counter threads.",
    "5. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein the housing comprises at least two housing parts; wherein a first housing part of the at least two housing parts has the first housing wall; wherein a second housing part of the at least two housing parts has the second housing wall; wherein the at least two housing parts connected by the double tensioning bolt form spaced-apart parallel housing walls.",
    "6. The assembly according to claim 5, wherein the at least two housing parts connected by the double tensioning bolt are embodied as one piece.",
    "7. The assembly according to claim 5, wherein the at least two housing parts connected by the tensioning bolt are embodied as two separate parts.",
    "8. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein the housing is produced by plastics injection molding.",
    "9. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein the assembly is a suction pipe for an internal combustion engine.",
    "10. The assembly according to claim 9, further comprising a charge air cooler, wherein the double tensioning bolt passes through the charge air cooler.",
    "11. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein the assembly is an air filter device for an internal combustion engine."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "The invention relates to an assembly for receiving a fluid subjected to fluctuating pressure, in particular in the intake manifold of an internal combustion engine, comprising a housing, wherein at least two housing parts of the housing are connected by a tensioning bolt.\n\nCharge air coolers are known which are arranged in the intake manifold of internal combustion engines and are used for cooling the compressed intake air. The charge air cooler is exposed to periodic pressure fluctuations that, while the internal combustion engine is running, are produced in the upstream intake manifold. Usually, the housing walls of the housing of the charge air cooler are supported relative to each other in order to provide for stabilization and to prevent that the pressure fluctuations in the charge air cooler cause leakages.\n\nIt is the object of the invention to provide with simple constructive measures an assembly for receiving a fluid subjected to fluctuating pressure, in particular in the intake manifold of an internal combustion engine, in such a way that pressure tightness and thus the proper function of the assembly is ensured permanently.\n\nThis object is solved according to the invention in that the tensioning bolt is embodied as a multi-tensioning bolt and comprises at least two spaced-apart threaded sections, wherein each threaded section is screwed into a respective counter thread in the housing parts.\n\nThe dependent claims provide expedient further embodiments.",
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  "assignees": [
    "Mann and Hummel GmbH"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Hans-Peter Hielscher",
    "Helmut Neuschwander",
    "Alexander Korn"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2019-07-11",
  "publication_date": "2021-01-19",
  "grant_date": "2021-01-19",
  "priority_date": "2018-07-11",
  "application_number": "US-201916508367-A",
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