1. A suction pipe assembly of an internal combustion engine, the suction pipe assembly comprising:
a suction pipe including
a suction pipe housing having a chamber therein, the suction pipe housing including:
an first housing part having a first connecting flange circumferentially surrounding the chamber;
a second housing part having a second connecting flange circumferentially surrounding the chamber;
wherein the first and second connecting flanges have a contact surface at which the first and second connecting flanges contact each other face to face circumferentially surrounding the chamber when the suction pipe housing is in a closed state;
wherein a circumferential seal chamber is formed by and between the first connecting flange and the second connecting flange;
a cooling fluid intercooler arranged in the chamber of the suction pipe housing;
the seal chamber is delimited by the first connecting flange, the second connecting flange and a connecting plate of the cooling fluid intercooler;
a seal, disposed in the seal chamber, sealing the suction pipe relative to the cooling fluid intercooler;
the seal made of an initially flowable sealing material introduced into the seal chamber as a liquid between the first connecting flange and the first housing part and contacting second connecting flange of the second housing part into the circumferential seal chamber in an initially flowable state and subsequently cured in a curing phase in the seal chamber;
the seal chamber seal-tightly closed with the exception of at least one fill opening extending through the second connecting flange through which the liquid sealing material is introduced into the seal chamber while the first housing part and the second housing part are in the closed state.
2. The suction pipe assembly according to claim 1, wherein
the sealing material foams at the latest in the curing phase.
3. The suction pipe assembly according to claim 1, wherein
the at least one fill opening for introducing the initially flowable sealing material is accessible from an exterior of the suction pipe.
4. The suction pipe assembly according to claim 1, wherein
the at least one first section of the suction pipe is a wall of the suction pipe, and
wherein the at least one second section connected with the cooling fluid intercooler is a lateral part of the cooling fluid intercooler or a section of the cooling fluid intercooler connected with a cooling medium tank.
5. The suction pipe assembly according to claim 1, wherein
the at least second section connected with the cooling fluid intercooler is at least one web.
6. The suction pipe assembly according to claim 1, wherein
the at least second section connected with the cooling fluid intercooler is a connecting frame that connects the cooling fluid intercooler to the suction pipe.
7. The suction pipe assembly according to claim 1, wherein
the seal is enclosed by and contacts directly against the first connecting flange, the second connecting flange and the connecting plate of the cooling fluid intercooler.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1-38. (canceled)
39. A method for charging an account related to a terminal device of a subscriber to a first data network for a network session rendered to said terminal device when roaming in a second data network, comprising the steps of
registrating said terminal device to said second data network,
transmitting a network address of a first charging system related to said first data network rom said first data network to said second data network,
establishing said network session for said terminal device by said second data network,
assessing in said second data network first charge information about said network session,
transmitting said assessed charge information from said second data network to said network address of said first charging system, and
calculating a charge for said network session at said first charging system using said incoming first charge information,
wherein said step of transmitting said network address of said first charging system from said first data network to said second data network is performed before said step of registrating said terminal device to said second data network.
40. A method according to claim 1, comprising the further steps of
saving said assessed first charge information about said network session to a second charging system related to said second data network,
calculating a charge for said network session by second charging system using said saved first charge information,
charging said charge for said network session to a first operator of said first data network.
41. A method according to claim 40, in which said first charge information saved to said second charging system is marked with a flag indicating that said first charge information is related to a subscriber of said first data network.
42. A method according to claim 40, in which said charge is charged after termination of said network session.
43. A method according to claim 39, in which said first charge information is a bearer charge information.
44. A method according to claim 39, in which said step of assessing a first charge information in said second data network is performed in near real-time or in real-time.
45. A method according to claim 39, in which said step of transmitting said assessed first charge information from said second data network to said network address of said first charging system is performed in near real-time or in real-time.
46. A method according to claim 39, in which charging said account is performed in near real-time or in real-time.
47. A method according to claim 39, in which charging said account is performed online.
48. A method according to claim 39, further comprising a step of transmitting subscriber information from said first data network to said second data network before said step of establishing said network session.
49. A method according to claim 39, with the further steps of
assessing first-operator charge information related to said network session using said forwarded first charge information,
transmitting said assessed second-operator charge information to said network address of said first charging system,
and in which calculation of charge for said network session by said first charging system is performed using in addition said incoming first-operator charge information.
50. A method according to claim 49, in which the step of assessing first-operator charge information related to said network session using said forwarded first charge information is performed in near real-time or in real-time.
51. A method according to claim 49, in which the step of transmitting said assessed second-operator charge information to said network address of said first charging system is performed in near real-time or in real-time.
52. A method according to claim 39, in which said subscriber is subscribed to said first data network through a second network operator, comprising the further steps of
transmitting and saving said network address of said first charging system from said first data network to a server related to said second operator of said first data network,
forwarding from said first data network to said server said first charge information received from said second data network,
assessing second-operator charge information related to said network session using said forwarded first charge information,
transmitting said assessed second-operator charge information to said network address of said first charging system,
and in which calculation of charge for said network session by said first charging system is performed using in addition said incoming second-operator charge information.
53. A method according to claim 52, comprising the further step of transmitting said assessed operator charge information from said server to a third charging system related to said second operator.
54. A method according to claim 53, in which said operator charge is charged after termination of said session by said third charging system to said first operator of said first data network.
55. A method according to claim 39 in which said account charged is a prepaid account.
56. A method according to claim 39 in which said steps of calculation of a charge for said network session by said first charging system using said incoming first charge information and charging said account are performed in real-time.
57. A method according to claim 39 in which said network session is established between said terminal device and a station in a third data network, which station is, regarding said network session, an originating or a terminating station.
58. A method according to claim 48 comprising, before said step of establishing said network session between terminal device in said second data network and said station in said third data network, a further step of establishing a control network session between said terminal device and said station, which control network session is routed through a first network control node related to said first data network.
59. A method according to claim 49 in which said first charge information is transmitted via said control network session.
60. A method according to claim 39, in which at least one of said data networks is a radio data network.
61. A method according to claim 52, in which said data networks are packet switched radio data networks.
62. A network system comprising
a first data network,
at least one second data network,
a first-network charging system related to said first data network, and
a first terminal device subscribed to said first data network, wherein
said first data network has a first-network service assessment system communicating with a second-network service assessment system in said second data network and adapted to transmit a network address of said first-network charging system to said second-network service assessment system, and
said second-network service assessment system is adapted to assess and to transmit first charge information during said network session to said first-network charging system using said network address,
wherein said first-network service assessment system is additionally adapted to performing said step of transmitting said network address of said first charging system from said first data network to said second data network before a step of registrating said first terminal device to said second data network.
63. A network system according to claim 62, comprising in addition a second-network charging system related to said second network and communicating with said second-network service assessment system, in which said second-network service assessment system is additionally adapted to transmit said first charge information about said network session to said second-network charging system.
64. A network system according to claim 62, comprising a second-network session control system adapted to establish and maintain a network session between the first network station and a terminating or an originating second network station.
65. A network system according to claim 62, in which, to perform said transmission of said first charge information from said second-network service assessment system to said first-network charging system, said second-network session control system is additionally adapted to transmit said first charge information to said first-network session control system, and said first-network control system is additionally adapted to transmit said received first charge information to said first-network charging system.
66. A network system according to claim 62, in which the first-network charging system is adapted to transforming balance information related to the first network station, the transformation depending on the balance information and on the incoming first charge information related to said first network station.
67. A network system according to claim 66, in which the first-network charging system is adapted to perform said transformation in near real-time or real-time.
68. A network system according to claim 62, in which said second-network service assessment system is adapted to assess and to transmit in near real-time or real-time said first charge information during said network session to said first-network charging system using said network address.
69. A network system according to claim 62, in which said first charge information is a bearer charger information.
70. A network system according to claim 62, in which said first-network session control system is additionally adapted to assess during said network session and to transmit to said first-network charging system first-operator charge information depending on said received charge information, and in which said first-network charging system is adapted to transform said balance information in additional dependence of said incoming first-operator charge information.
71. A network system according to claim 62, which additionally comprises a second-operator server which is related to said first data network and communicates with said first-network call session control system, and which is adapted to assess second-operator charge information related to said network session using said first charge information and to transmit said second-operator charge information to said first-network charging system, and in which said first-network charging system is adapted to transform said balance information in additional dependence of said incoming second-operator charge information.
72. A network system according to claim 71, comprising in addition a second-operator charge system related to said first data network and communicating with said second-operator server, in which said second-operator server is additionally adapted to transmit second-operator charge information about said network session to said second-network charge system.
73. A network system according to claim 62 in which the first charging system is adapted to apply a real-time transformation algorithm to said types of incoming charge information.
74. A network system according to claim 62, in which said first and second networks are GPRS Public Land Mobile Networks.
75. A network system according to claim 74, in which said second-network session control system comprises a serving GPRS support node (SGSN), a GPRS Internet Protocol backbone, and a Gateway GPRS support node (GGSN).
76. A network system according to claim 75 in which said second-network service assessment system is integrated into said SGSN.