Frameless cooling module
AssigneeModine Manufacturing Company
InventorsRyan Hankwitz, Allison M Kirklin, Zachary T Ouradnik, Eric Lamberton
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Abstract
A frameless cooling module includes a first and a second shroud panel arranged at opposing sides of the module and extending from the front of the module to the back of the module. At least one L-shaped stiffener bracket extends between the panels at an intermediate location along both the height direction and the depth direction of the module. One or more heat exchangers is arranged within the cooling module between the L-shaped stiffener bracket and the front of the module, and is at least partially secured within the cooling module by being mounted to the L-shaped stiffener bracket.
Claims12
A frameless cooling module comprising:
- first and second shroud panels arranged at opposing sides of the cooling module, each extending from a front of the cooling module to a back of the cooling module in a first direction and from a top of the cooling module to a bottom of the cooling module in a second direction;
- an L-shaped stiffener bracket extending between the first and second shroud panels at an intermediate location between the front of the module and the back of the module in the first direction and at an intermediate location between the top of the module and the bottom of the module in the second direction, the L-shaped stiffener bracket having a first planar wall arranged perpendicular to the first direction, a second planar wall arranged perpendicular to the second direction, and a right angle bend joining the first and second planar walls;
- first and second formed corner brackets, the first formed corner bracket joining the L-shaped stiffener bracket to the first shroud panel and the second formed corner bracket joining the L-shaped stiffener bracket to the second shroud panel, each of the first and second formed corner brackets having a planar surface by which the respective formed corner bracket is joined to the corresponding one of the first and second shroud panels, a first formed flange extending perpendicularly from the planar surface by which the respective formed corner bracket is joined to the first planar wall of the L-shaped stiffener bracket, and a second formed flange extending perpendicularly from the planar surface by which the respective formed corner bracket is joined to the second planar wall of the L-shaped stiffener bracket;
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- one or more heat exchangers arranged between the first planar wall and the front of the module in the first direction and between the second planar wall and one of the top and the bottom of the cooling module in the second direction, the one or more heat exchangers being structurally mounted to the first planar wall to at least partially secure the one or more heat exchangers in the cooling module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.