EP0827567B1 - Collecteur d'admission a tubes d'air anneles, pour moteur a combustion interne - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to an intake manifold, for internal combustion engine fitted with an installation fuel supply preferably by injection, particular of the type called "multipoint", comprising, for each engine cylinder, at least one injector which injects fuel in a manifold suction line air intake to the engine, directly upstream of the engine cylinder head and intake valve (s) corresponding cylinder.
- the outer part, relative to the center of curvature of the bent tubes, of all the air tubes is formed by the hollow molded impression bottoms in each of the two half-shells, and which extend when the half-shells are closed against each other the other.
- the inner part of all the air tubes are formed by the impression bottoms molded into at least two molded inserts, generally in the same material as the half-shells, for example in moldable synthesis, preferably thermoplastic, such as polyamide, and which can be loaded with reinforcing fibers, and each reported in one half-shells respectively, so that the footprints inserts also extend during the joining half shells against each other.
- a collector thus produced is suitable for the equipment of a diesel engine, due to the low pressure gradient between the atmosphere and the plenum of the collector, in operation of the motor.
- a seal must be made between the inserts and the half-shells by fitting cords of suitable polymerizable material, which is a long and delicate operation, adding to the difficulty of realization with low tolerances of the parts to assemble to precisely define the air tubes.
- the problem underlying the invention is to propose a collector of an economic achievement, essentially in thermomouldable and semi-modular synthesis, because acoustically adaptable to a whole family of engines of different displacements by dimensional adjustment, in particular of the diameter and the length of the air tubes.
- each tube is an external face tube corrugated, preferably with parallel rings, and internal face smooth delimiting a central passage of cross section constant in shape and in surface, so that the tube has great flexibility or transverse flexibility, but low flexibility or axial flexibility.
- Such monoblock air tubes being by nature waterproof, the need to make joint cords sealing along the generators disappears.
- the rings of the corrugated external face of such tubes keep the shape and surface constant the cross section of the central passage, participating maintaining the acoustic impedance of the tubes, while providing good flexibility or suppleness in direction radial or transverse, allowing bending of the tubes as desired, while their smooth internal surface limits pressure losses and gives the tubes a low flexibility or axial flexibility, necessary to maintain their acoustic impedance.
- each tube is made of synthesis, preferably moldable, such as thermoplastic, and cut, perpendicular to its longitudinal axis, at the desired length, to give the collector an impedance acoustic tuned to the engine, in an element tubular supplied in great length, and preferably of circular section, so that the tubular element is obtained at a very favorable cost, compared to others possible solutions for making waterproof tubes.
- the annular conformation of the external face of the tube can be defined by one or more ribs helical wound in the outer face of the tube, its inlet to outlet, the corrugated outer face of each tube is advantageously a surface of cylindrical revolution at corrugated generator before the tube is bent at the desired shape, to simultaneously benefit from a large transverse flexibility but very low flexibility axial.
- the collector envelope may consist of, known manner, of two half-shells of complementary shapes corresponding to the shape of the envelope and molded, preferably in moldable synthetic material, preferably thermoplastic, with fixing flanges on their peripheral edges in a joint plane, the half-shells being closed and fixed against each other at level of their fastening flanges, for example by welding, preferably by vibration, in which case it is advantageous that each tube is fixed only by its ends with half shells.
- each tube is advantageously fixed to a half-shell using of a sleeve which is partly force-fitted into the corresponding end of the tube and retained on said half-shell by a part of sleeve external to the tube.
- the sleeve has, on the external face of its part which is fitted at one end corresponding tube, at least one peripheral redent anchor, which is formed at the axial end, facing the said end of the tube, of a surface substantially frustoconical with small base facing the central part of the tube, several axially offset redents preferably being formed in this way on the sleeve.
- the latter advantageously comprises at least one projecting stop substantially radial towards the outside to limit its fitting into a corresponding end of the tube.
- the sleeve or each of the two connecting sleeves of a tube is molded from a material of synthesis, which is preferably a thermosetting material.
- an air inlet sleeve fitted into an inlet end of a tube, is shaped, in its external part at said inlet end of the tube, in a tulip converging towards the inside of the tube and provided with minus one fixing lug to that of the two half-shells which is not provided with the mounting flange having the feed opening at which said tube is connected by its output, the fixing being for example provided by heat sealing or by rolling at the fixing lug (s).
- each tube is advantageously connected by an air outlet sleeve, fitted into the end of outlet of the tube, to that of the half-shells which is provided with said fixing flange having said opening to which said tube is so connected waterproof by its outlet, said connection means watertight including a tubular manifold tip, in projection on said flange on the side opposite to the cylinder head, in the extension of said corresponding feed opening, and in which tip part of said sleeve outlet, which is external to the tube, is retained with interposition at least one flexible seal between said external part of the outlet sleeve and said end piece collector.
- a good seal can be ensured using a single flexible gasket for each tube, if gasket, mounted around the part of the outlet sleeve corresponding which is external to the tube and retained in the nozzle corresponding collector, is molded in shape, preferably made of elastomer, with a cross section corresponding to that of the space available between, on the one hand, said outlet sleeve, and, on the other hand, said cradle and said cover, and so that the seal is compressed radially between these three elements.
- the corresponding manifold tip advantageously has a substantially cross section of the same shape as that of said feed opening, and the corresponding outlet sleeve has a central passage having a cross section of form evolutionary, varying gradually from the section shape of the manifold tip, in the part of the outlet sleeve which is external to the tube, to the cross-sectional shape of the tube, in the part of the outlet sleeve which is fitted into the outlet end of this tube, so that the sleeve of outlet constitutes an adapter sleeve ensuring the transition between the shapes of the tip sections manifold and air tube.
- the tubes can be grouped at least in pairs of tubes joined on at least part of their length, and, in order to limit the transverse displacements of tubes or groups of tubes attached to the envelope, housing can be delimited by recesses in the internal face of the envelope, and parts of tubes or joined parts of tubes can be accommodated in these recesses, possibly bordered by protruding ribs on the inner face of at least one of the half-shells constituting the envelope.
- the manifold of Figures 1 and 2 for a motor with four cylinders in line, includes a rigid casing 1, in moldable and heat-sealable synthetic material such as a polyamide possibly reinforced with reinforcing fibers, and made up of two half-shells 2 and 3, each molded in this material, having complementary shapes which correspond to the shape of envelope 1.
- a rigid casing 1 in moldable and heat-sealable synthetic material such as a polyamide possibly reinforced with reinforcing fibers, and made up of two half-shells 2 and 3, each molded in this material, having complementary shapes which correspond to the shape of envelope 1.
- the two half-shells 2 and 3 close against each other, by their peripheral edges, to reconstitute the shape of envelope 1, and are secured to each other in a joint plane P, defined by fastening flanges 4 and 5, projecting outwards on their edges, by vibration welding at these flanges 4 and 5, after mounting in the half-shells 2 and 3 of four tubes air intake (one per engine cylinder), grouped in two pairs of joined tubes, as shown in the figure 2, and their sleeves as described below.
- the flange 6 has, for each cylinder of the motor, a feed opening 7, coming from molding, circular or oblong cross section, which opens out on one side in the flat face 8 for fixing the flange 6 on the engine cylinder head and, on the other side, inside the half-shell 3, lower in FIG.
- the flange 6 has also, for each cylinder, a housing 9 for a fuel injector, this housing 9 opening in the face 10 of the flange 6 which is opposite to the face 8 for fixing to the cylinder head, and outside the half-shell 3, of a part, and, on the other hand, each housing 9 opens into a corresponding feed opening 7.
- the flange 6 finally has holes 11, also from molding like openings 7 and housings 9, for passage of collector fixing elements on the cylinder head.
- the collector also includes a curved tube air intake for each cylinder, or, as already mentioned, four air tubes grouped into two pairs of tubes joined together over part of their length.
- Each tube such as 12a or 12b of the pair of tubes of FIG. 2, is a curved tube, obtained by cutting, perpendicular to its longitudinal axis, a length determined, to give the tube 12a or 12b an impedance acoustic tuned to the engine, in a large tube length in thermoplastic, having an internal face 13 smooth, delimiting a central passage of cross section of constant shape and surface, for example circular, and a corrugated external face 14, with peripheral rings in planes substantially parallel to each other and perpendicular to the axis of the tube, before the tube section cut is not bent to the desired shape by the closure half-shells 2 and 3, each of which each tube 12a or 12b is fixed only by one respectively of its inlet ends such as 15a and outlet ends 16a or 16b.
- a light tube 12a or 12b is thus produced, with a thin wall and waterproof, having great flexibility or transverse flexibility or radial, and low flexibility or flexibility axial, so that it can be bent to the desired shape without losing the constant shape and surface of the section transverse of its central passage with smooth wall, and without vary significantly in length, which ensures losses of practically constant load and acoustic impedance.
- Each tube such as 12a or 12b is bent in a loop almost complete in the plan of figure 1, on a large part of its length substantially from its entrance such as 15a, and its downstream part is further angled or bent in a direction perpendicular to the plane of Figure 1, as shown in Figure 2.
- two tubes such as 12a and 12b grouped into a pair of tubes to supply each one respectively of two adjacent cylinders, can be joined on much of their length substantially from their inputs such as 15a, while their outputs 16a and 16b (see Figure 2) are spaced from each other to each be tightly connected to one respectively two adjacent supply openings 7 one of the other in the flange 8 to supply the two cylinders corresponding contiguous.
- each tube 12a or 12b is fixed to the upstream half-shell 2 by a air inlet sleeve such as 17a, while the end outlet 16a or 16b of the tube is connected to the half-shell downstream 3 by an air outlet sleeve 18a or 18b, each of sleeves 17a, 18a or 18b being preferably molded in a synthetic material, preferably thermosetting.
- the inlet sleeve 17a comprises a tubular part 19a which is forced into the end inlet 15a of the tube 12a, and which extends towards the front, outside this entry 15a, by a shaped part in volute or inlet tulip 20a converging inwards from tube 12a and downstream.
- This entrance tulip 20a has a fixing lug 21a, by which the sleeve 17a is fixed to the half-shell 2 at at least one point, by example by heat sealing or by a dowel, as shown schematically in 22a.
- the internal face of the tubular part 19a is smooth, and substantially in line with the smooth internal face 13 of the tube 12a, while to ensure a good fit axial of the sleeve 17a in the inlet 15a of the tube 12a, the face outer of the tubular part 19a has redents peripherals, as described below for the output 18a with reference to Figure 5.
- Each outlet sleeve 18a or 18b includes, as shown for the sleeve 18a in FIG. 5, a part tubular 23a which is force fitted into outlet 16a of tube 12a, and which extends backwards or towards downstream, outside this exit 16a, by a part tubular 24a external to tube 12a and retained on the half-shell 3 while being connected with sealing at the opening 7 corresponding as described below.
- the parts 23a and 24a between which the sleeve 18a has an annular stop 25a projecting radially outwards to limit fitting in outlet 16a of the tube 12a, have a smooth internal face, substantially in the extension of the smooth internal face 13 of the tube 12a, while that the external face of the fitted part 23a has two peripheral and axially offset redents 26a, each formed at the axial end, facing the stop 25a, of a substantially frustoconical surface 27a with small turned base towards the end of the innermost part 23a of the tube 12a, so as to facilitate penetration at the fitting and to ensure good anchoring.
- This cradle 29a protrudes from the flange 6 on the side opposite the cylinder head of the engine and substantially in the shape of an open semi-cylinder towards the joint plane P, with a cross section of substantially constant surface U-shape, defining a central duct which extends a corresponding opening 7 towards the inside of the half-shell 3.
- the cradle 29a has a chamber annular delimited by a projecting U-shaped bottom 30a radially inward of the cradle 29a to form a stop opposing the axial outlet of the seal 28 on the external part 24a of the sleeve 18a.
- the seal seal 28 around the sleeve 18a is compressed radially between the sleeve 18a and the cradle 29a.
- This cover 31a is molded in synthetic material, preferably thermoplastic, and preferably ultrasonically welded to its around the edges of the cradle 29a. Maintaining the sleeve 18a and the tightness of its connection to the opening 7 corresponding are thus ensured thanks to the seal 28 and to a tubular manifold end, formed by the cradle 29a and the corresponding cover 31a.
- the seal 28 is molded with a sectional shape such that it occupies radially all the space available between the part 24a of the sleeve 18a, in the center, and the cradle 29a and the cover 31a, at the periphery, being compressed radially between these parts.
- the part 24a of the sleeve 18a is extended by a half-cylinder-shaped end open towards the bottom of the cradle 29a which receives it, and having, as shown in the section of FIG. 3, a recess complementary to that of the cradle 29a for define a duct of progressively variable section connecting the outlet, for example circular, 16a of the tube 12a to the section, for example oblong, of the opening 7 corresponding, as shown in the drawings.
- the sleeve outlet 18a is molded so that its central passage presents this corresponding section evolution, the section of the end of the sleeve 18a fitted into the tube 12a always having the same shape as the section of the tube 12a, and the section of the end of the sleeve 18a facing opening 7 having, alone or with the section complementary to the bottom of the cradle 29a which receives it, the same forms as the section of the opening 7.
- the outlet sleeve 18b of the tube 12b is mounted from the same way with a seal such as 28 in one manifold tip consisting of a similar cradle 29b closed by a corresponding analog cover.
- the two tubes 12a and 12b are also arranged, by their adjoining parts, in a housing delimited in the half-shell downstream 3 by a recess between ribs 33 in projection on the internal face of this half-shell 3.
- Tubes 12a and 12b can be joined so that the rings of the external face of one are engaged between each other’s rings, and possibly ribs 33 bordering the housings may have protrusions engaging between the outer rings of the tubes 12a, 12b to better position them in the envelope 1.
- tubes 12a and 12b flexible transversely are fixed to the casing 1 by their only ends, the mounting of the sleeves 17a and 18a is carried out to give the tubes a general radius of curvature which is slightly less at the radius of curvature of the rounded parts of the half-shells 2 and 3 of envelope 1.
- the transverse flexibility of the tubes allows, during assembling the half-shells 2 and 3, small displacements alternating relative of these in the perpendicular direction to the radius of curvature of the tubes, thus providing the possibility of assembling the half-shells 2 and 3 for example by vibration welding.
- a collector is thus obtained, the envelope 1 of which delimits an internal chamber 34, called plenum, which is supplied with engine feed air through an opening (not shown) for example formed in an end face of the envelope 1 parallel to the plane of FIG. 1, this opening being connected to a butterfly body.
- Each tube such as 12a or 12b mounted in the casing 1 sucks from the air in plenum 34 by its entry such as 15a and transmits this air through its outlet 16a or 16b to an opening supply 7 of the flange 6 to supply a cylinder corresponding.
- the envelope 1 contains, in its half not shown in Figure 2, two other tubes symmetrical air suction tubes 12a and 12b and mounted in the same way.
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- une enveloppe, délimitant un plenum destiné à être alimenté en air d'alimentation du moteur, en général par une vanne à débit variable telle qu'un corps de papillon, et munie d'au moins une bride de fixation à au moins une culasse du moteur, la ou lesdites brides présentant au moins une ouverture d'alimentation de chaque cylindre du moteur, chaque ouverture d'alimentation débouchant, d'une part, dans l'enveloppe et, d'autre part, dans une face de fixation de la bride sur ladite culasse, et
- des tubes d'aspiration d'air recourbés, chacun d'une seule pièce, et en nombre au moins égal à celui des cylindres du moteur, et montés dans l'enveloppe, de sorte que chaque tube alimente un cylindre correspondant en air qu'il reçoit par son entrée dans le plenum et qu'il transmet à l'ouverture correspondante de la bride correspondante par sa sortie reliée par des moyens de raccordement étanches à ladite ouverture d'alimentation.
- un berceau, moulé d'une seule pièce avec ladite demi-coquille et ladite bride de fixation correspondante, et de forme sensiblement hémi-cylindrique, dont l'extrémité interne à ladite demi-coquille présente un fond en forme de U formant butée en saillie vers l'intérieur du berceau, et
- un couvercle rapporté de maintien du manchon de sortie et du ou des joints d'étanchéité montés sur ce dernier dans le berceau, ledit couvercle présentant une butée en saillie vers l'intérieur du berceau et en regard du fond en forme de U du berceau, et étant fixé sur des bords du berceau, de préférence par soudure aux ultrasons.
- la figure 1 est une vue en coupe transversale d'un collecteur pour moteur à quatre cylindres en ligne, la coupe étant sensiblement perpendiculaire à l'axe du moteur,
- la figure 2 est une demi-vue en partie en élévation en plan et en partie en coupe de la demi-coquille aval du collecteur de la figure 1, avec une des deux paires de tubes qui sont regroupés et retenus dans cette demi-coquille par leur extrémité de sortie,
- les figures 3 et 4 sont des coupes transversales respectivement selon III-III et IV-IV de la figure 1, et
- la figure 5 est une vue partielle en coupe axiale et à plus grande échelle d'un détail de la figure 2.
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- Collecteur d'admission, pour moteur à combustion interne, et comprenant :une enveloppe (1), délimitant un plenum (34) destiné à être alimenté en air d'alimentation du moteur, et munie d'au moins une bride (6) de fixation à au moins une culasse du moteur, la ou lesdites brides présentant au moins une ouverture (7) d'alimentation de chaque cylindre du moteur, chaque ouverture (7) d'alimentation débouchant, d'une part, dans l'enveloppe (1) et, d'autre part, dans une face (8) de fixation de la bride (6) sur ladite culasse, etdes tubes (12a, 12b) d'aspiration d'air recourbés, chacun d'une seule pièce, et en nombre au moins égal à celui des cylindres du moteur, et montés dans l'enveloppe (1), de sorte que chaque tube alimente un cylindre correspondant en air qu'il reçoit par son entrée (15a) dans le plenum (34) et qu'il transmet à l'ouverture (7) correspondante de la bride (6) correspondante par sa sortie (16a, 16b) reliée par des moyens de raccordement étanches à ladite ouverture d'alimentation (7), caractérisé en ce que chaque tube (12a, 12b) est un tube à face externe annelée (14) et face interne lisse (13) délimitant un passage central de section transversale constante en forme et en surface, de sorte que le tube (12a, 12b) présente une grande souplesse ou flexiblité transversale, mais une faible souplesse ou flexibilité axiale.
- Collecteur d'admission selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que chaque tube (12a, 12b) est en matière de synthèse, de préférence moulable, telle que du thermoplastique, et de préférence de section circulaire.
- Collecteur d'admission selon l'une des revendications 1 et 2, caractérisé en ce que la face externe (14) annelée de chaque tube (12a, 12b) est une surface de révolution cylindrique à génératrice ondulée avant que le tube ne soit recourbé à la forme voulue.
- Collecteur d'admission selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que l'enveloppe (1) est constituée de deux demi-coquilles (2, 3) de formes complémentaires correspondant à la forme de l'enveloppe (1) et moulées, de préférence en matière de synthèse moulable, de préférence du thermoplastique, avec des brides de solidarisation (4, 5) sur leurs rebords périphériques dans un plan de joint (P), les demi-coquilles (2, 3) étant refermées et fixées l'une contre l'autre au niveau de leurs brides de solidarisation (4, 5), par exemple par soudage, de préférence par vibrations, et chaque tube (12a, 12b) est fixé uniquement par ses extrémités (15a, 16a, 16b) aux demi-coquilles (2, 3).
- Collecteur d'admission selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que l'une au moins des extrémités (15a, 16a) de chaque tube (12a) est fixée à une demi-coquille (2, 3) à l'aide d'un manchon (17a, 18a) qui est en partie (19a, 23a) emmanché à force dans l'extrémité correspondante (15a, 16a) du tube et retenu sur ladite demi-coquille (2, 3) par une partie de manchon (20a, 24a) externe au tube (12a).
- Collecteur d'admission selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que le manchon (18a) présente, sur la face externe de sa partie (23a) qui s'emmanche dans une extrémité (16a) correspondante du tube (12a), au moins un redent (26a) périphérique d'ancrage, qui est formé à l'extrémité axiale, tournée vers ladite extrémité (16a) du tube (12a), d'une surface sensiblement tronconique (27a) à petite base tournée vers la partie centrale du tube (12a).
- Collecteur d'admission selon l'une des revendications 5 et 6, caractérisé en ce que le manchon (18a) comporte au moins une butée (25a) en saillie sensiblement radiale vers l'extérieur pour limiter son emmanchement dans une extrémité (16a) correspondante du tube (12a).
- Collecteur d'admission selon l'une des revendications 5 à 7, caractérisé en ce que le manchon (17a, 18a, 18b) est moulé en une matière de synthèse, de préférence thermodurcissable.
- Collecteur d'admission selon l'une quelconque des revendications 5 à 8, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins un manchon d'entrée d'air (17a), emmanché (19a) dans une extrémité d'entrée (15a) d'un tube (12a), est conformé, dans sa partie externe à ladite extrémité d'entrée (15a) du tube (12a), en une tulipe (20a) convergente vers l'intérieur du tube (12a) et munie d'au moins une patte (21a) de fixation à celle (2) des deux demi-coquilles (2, 3) qui n'est pas munie de la bride (6) de fixation présentant l'ouverture d'alimentation (7) à laquelle ledit tube (12a) est raccordé par sa sortie (16a).
- Collecteur d'admission selon l'une quelconque des revendications 5 à 9, caractérisé en ce que chaque tube (12a) est relié par un manchon (18a) de sortie d'air, emmanché (23a) dans l'extémité de sortie (16a) du tube (12a), à celle (3) des demi-coquilles (2, 3) qui est munie de ladite bride de fixation (6) présentant ladite ouverture d'alimentation (7) à laquelle ledit tube (12a) est relié de manière étanche par sa sortie (16a), lesdits moyens de raccordement étanches comprenant un embout tubulaire (29a-31a) de collecteur, en saillie sur ladite bride (6) du côté opposé à la culasse, dans le prolongement de ladite ouverture (7) d'alimentation correspondante, et dans lequel embout une partie (24a) dudit manchon de sortie (18a), qui est externe au tube (12a), est retenue avec interposition d'au moins un joint d'étanchéité souple (28) entre ladite partie externe (24a) du manchon (18a) de sortie et ledit embout de collecteur (29a-31a).
- Collecteur d'admission selon la revendication 10, caractérisé en ce que ledit embout de collecteur comprend :un berceau (29a), moulé d'une seule pièce avec ladite demi-coquille (3) et ladite bride de fixation (6) correspondante, et de forme sensiblement hémi-cylindrique, dont l'extrémité interne à ladite demi-coquille (3) présente un fond en forme de U (30a) formant butée en saillie vers l'intérieur du berceau (29a), etun couvercle (31a) rapporté de maintien du manchon de sortie (18a) et du ou des joints d'étanchéité (28) montés sur ce-dernier dans le berceau (29a), ledit couvercle (31a) présentant une butée (32a) en saillie vers l'intérieur du berceau (29a) et en regard du fond en forme de U (30a) du berceau (29a), et étant fixé sur des bords du berceau (29a), de préférence par soudure aux ultrasons.
- Collecteur d'admission selon la revendication 11, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend, pour chaque tube (12a), un unique joint d'étanchéité souple (28), monté autour de la partie (24a) du manchon de sortie (18a) correspondant qui est externe au tube (12a) et retenue dans l'embout (29a-31a) de collecteur correspondant, et moulé en forme, de préférence en élastomère, avec une section transversale correspondant à celle de l'espace disponible entre, d'une part, ledit manchon de sortie (18a), et, d'autre part, ledit berceau (29a) et ledit couvercle (31a), et de sorte que le joint (28) est comprimé radialement entre ces trois éléments.
- Collecteur d'admission selon l'une quelconque des revendications 10 à 12, caractérisé en ce que chaque embout (29a-31a) de collecteur présente une section transversale sensiblement de même forme que celle de l'ouverture d'alimentation (7) correspondante, et en ce que le manchon de sortie (18a) correspondant présente un passage central ayant une section transversale de forme évolutive, variant progressivement de la forme de section de l'embout (29a-31a) de collecteur, dans la partie (24a) du manchon de sortie (18a) qui est externe au tube (12a), à la forme de section du tube (12a), dans la partie (23a) du manchon de sortie (18a) qui est emmanchée dans l'extrémité de sortie (16a) du tube (12a).
- Collecteur d'admission selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 13, caractérisé en ce que, dans l'enveloppe (1), les tubes (12a, 12b) sont groupés au moins par paires de tubes accolés sur au moins une partie de leur longueur, et les déplacements transversaux des groupes de tubes accolés dans l'enveloppe (1) sont limités par des logements délimités par des évidements dans la face interne de l'enveloppe (1) et dans lesquels sont logées des parties accolées des tubes (12a, 12b).
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