Heat exchanger arrangement having two heat exchangers and method of making same
AssigneeBehr GmbH & Co.
InventorReinhard Heine
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Abstract
A heat exchanger assembly is provided which includes two heat exchangers connected by a detachable fastening arrangement. The fastening arrangement includes a pair of plug-type holding devices at one side of the heat exchangers and a pair of detent connections at another side of the heat exchangers. One of the detent connections is configured as a movable bearing permitting relating adjusting movement of the heat exchangers. The other detent connection is configured as a fixed bearing.
Claims16
Heat exchanger arrangement having two heat exchangers which can be detachably connected with one another on opposite fastening sides by means of a fastening arrangement, the fastening arrangement on one fastening side having a plug-type holding device which has hook-type profiles,
- wherein the fastening arrangement on the other fastening side has a detenit connection which is divided into a detent arrangement constructed as a movable bearing and into a detent arrangement constructed as a fixed bearing.
Heat exchanger assembly comprising:
- a first heat exchanger,
- a second heat exchanger,
- and a fastening arrangement detachably fastening the first and second heat exchangers together, said fastening arrangement including:
- a plug-type holding device at one fastening side of the first and second heat exchangers, and
- first and second detent connections at another fastening side of the first and second heat exchangers,
- wherein said first detent connection is configured as a movable bearing permitting relative adjusting movement of the first and second heat exchangers, and
- wherein the second detent connection is configured as a fixed bearing.
A method of making a heat exchanger assembly comprising:
- providing a first heat exchanger,
- providing a second heat exchanger, and
- detachably fastening the first and second heat exchangers together using a fastening arrangement, said fastening arrangement including:
- a plug-type holding device at one fastening side of the first and second heat exchangers, and
- first and second detent connections at another fastening side of the first and second heat exchangers,
- wherein said first detent connection is configured as a movable bearing permitting relative adjusting movement of the first and second heat exchangers, and
- wherein the second detent connection is configured as a fixed bearing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.