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US 8,522,860 B2Granted
Fastening and joining element for heat exchangers, and heat exchanger assembly in a motor vehicle
AssigneeHBPO GmbH
InventorsDirk Kersting, Andre Schmidt, Walter Korte
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Abstract
The invention relates to a fastening and joining element (4) for fixing and connecting heat exchangers of a heat exchanger assembly in a motor vehicle. Said fastening and joining element (4) comprises at least one hole (4b) for positively accommodating a heat exchanger as well as a fastening part (4a) encompassing a profiled fastening member.
Claims10
An arrangement of heat exchangers, comprising:
- heat exchangers connected to form a structural unit or a module, in a motor vehicle,
- wherein the heat exchangers are connected to one another by fastening and connecting elements and are fastened to an assembly carrier of a front module by the same fastening and connecting elements,
- wherein the fastening and connecting elements comprise:
- at least one receiving opening receiving a heat exchanger in a form-fitting manner, and
- a fastening part with a fastening profile joining to a plastic screw dome that is injection-molded on the assembly carrier,
- wherein one of the heat exchangers is a refrigerant condenser with collecting tubes and another of the heat exchangers is a fully-metal heat exchanger with metal collecting tanks, and
- wherein the collecting tubes and the metal collecting tanks are held at an end side and in a form-fitting manner by at least two fastening and connecting elements.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.