Mounting bracket for heat exchanger cores
AssigneeDana Canada Corporation
InventorsAnis Muhammad, John W. Izard, Silvio Tonellato, Eric Luvisotto
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Abstract
A heat exchanger and mounting bracket therefor where the heat exchanger is formed of stacked plate pairs or tubes having longitudinal peripheral edge portions joined together. The mounting bracket has spaced-apart, C-shaped clips attached to the peripheral edge portions of different plate pairs and mounting portions attached to the C-shaped clips and extending outwardly from the plate pairs.
Claims20
A mounting bracket for use in a stacked plate core device of the type having a plurality of stacked plate pairs, each plate pair including first and second plates having peripheral edge portions joined together and central planar portions spaced apart to define a fluid passage therebetween;
- each plate pair having spaced-apart inlet and outlet openings, the respective inlet and outlet openings being connected together to form manifolds for the flow of fluid through said fluid passages;
- the mounting bracket comprising:
- a pair of spaced-apart, first and second, C-shaped clips adapted to engage the peripheral edge portions of different plate pairs;
- and a mounting portion attached to said clips and extending therefrom, so that the mounting portion extends outwardly from the plate pairs when the mounting bracket is attached thereto.
A stacked plate core device comprising:
- a plurality of stacked plate pairs, each plate pair including first and second plates having peripheral edge portions joined together and central planar portions spaced apart to define a fluid passage therebetween;
- each plate pair having spaced-apart inlet and outlet openings;
- means for connecting together the respective inlet and outlet openings to form manifolds for the flow of fluid through said fluid passages;
- a mounting bracket having a pair of spaced-apart, first and second, C-shaped clips attached to the peripheral edge portions of different plate pairs;
- and the mounting bracket having a mounting portion attached to said clips and extending therefrom, so that the mounting portion extends outwardly from the plate pairs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.