Holding support and v-shaped heat exchanger having the same

A v-shaped heat exchanger comprising:

• a first fluid collector and a second fluid collector, which are fluidically coupled to one another via flat tubes, so that a fluid can flow from the first fluid collector to the second fluid collector and vice versa,
• at least two holding supports, each holding support containing a flat base plate that includes or forms on a plate edge a spreading finger holder comprising first and second holding fingers that hold flat tubes of the v-shaped heat exchanger and on a further plate edge a support that supports the holding support;
• wherein one or more of the holding fingers is bent over with respect to the base plate, such that at least one first holding finger is bent over with respect to the base plate at a folding region of the plate edge, while at least one second holding finger is embodied flat with respect to the base plate, and between the first holding fingers and the second holding fingers a mounting receptacle of the spreading finger holder for receiving flat tubes of a v-shaped heat exchanger is delimited or formed;
• and
• a collecting pan for collecting condensate,
• wherein the flat tubes comprise a first straight flat tube portion, a second straight tube portion, and a bent flat tube portion fluidically arranged between the first and second straight flat tube portions,
• wherein between adjacent flat tubes of the first straight flat tube portion, cooling fins configured for cooling air to be circulated about are arranged,
• wherein between adjacent flat tubes of the second straight flat tube portion, cooling fins configured for cooling air to be circulated about are arranged,
• wherein the bent flat tube portion is cooling fin-free,
• wherein the holding supports with their spreading finger holders are arranged on two outer large sides of the v-shaped heat exchanger that are oriented opposite to one another and inclined relative to one another so that their first holding fingers are each inserted on the bent flat tube portion between two adjacent flat tubes and their second holding fingers are each touchingly supported on the flat tubes on the bent flat tube portion and/or on one of the first or second straight flat tube portions,
• wherein the first holding fingers and the second holding fingers of the two holding supports are soldered in an integrally bonded manner or fixed by fastening screws or clamps to the flat tubes,
• wherein an unit formed out of the flat tubes, the two fluid collectors and the two holding supports is exclusively supported on the collecting pan by way of the two holding supports.