Condenser, radiator and fan assembly module
AssigneeGeneral Motors Corporation
InventorChristopher J. Case
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Abstract
A condenser, radiator and fan assembly module for providing modular installation and simplified individual servicing of the components thereof. The module includes a condenser, a radiator, a fan assembly, and a module frame having a set of channels for respectively receiving therein each of the condenser, radiator and fan assembly. Each of the condenser, the radiator and the fan assembly are slidably received into its respective channel. A floor of the module frame may be disassembled to facilitate individual sliding removal of any of the condenser, radiator or fan assembly. To facilitate sliding installation and removal of the radiator, the coolant inlet fitting and the coolant outlet fitting are each threadably engaged into a respective threaded opening in the tank of the radiator.
Claims15
A module comprising:
- a module frame with open sides having at least one channel disposed between said open sidesl;
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- a radiator slidingly seated into a radiator channel of said at least one channel;
- wherein said radiator has a pair of coolant fittings, wherein at least one coolant fitting is removably connected thereto, and wherein said module frame has a pair of openings formed therein through which each of the coolant fittings respectively pass.
A condenser, radiator and fan assembly module comprising:
- a module frame having a condenser channel, a radiator channel and a fan assembly channel;
- a condenser slidingly seated in said condenser channel;
- a radiator slidingly seated in said radiator channel;
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- a fan assembly slidingly seated in said fan assembly channel;
- wherein said radiator has a pair of coolant fittings, wherein at least one coolant fitting is removably connected thereto, and wherein said module frame has a pair of openings formed therein through which each of the coolant fittings respectively pass;
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- wherein said module frame further has a second opening formed therein through which fittings of said condenser pass.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.