A heat medium distributor for an air inlet system having multiple heat
exchangers includes a box-like housing, which is divided by a dividing
wall into a first flow chamber, which is used as the forward collection
pipe, and a second flow chamber, which is used as the return collection
pipe. For each heat exchanger to be connected, a forward connection
nozzle branches off the first flow chamber and for each heat exchanger to
be connected, a return connection nozzle opens into the second flow
chamber. The arrangement of the connection nozzles is such that all flow
paths of the heat medium through the various heat exchangers and the
distributor are of equal length. The heat medium distributor replaces
traditional heat medium distributors which are produced by welding
together individual pieces of pipe, and which are structurally relatively
large and therefore expensive, and in general cannot be housed in the
housing of the air inlet system.