Patent ID: 8915294
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: F28D,F28F

Abstract:
1. A heat exchanger assembly comprising: a first heat exchanger end tank having a first portion defining part of an interior volume of the first heat exchanger end tank, wherein the first heat exchanger end tank has a first straightening rib and a second straightening rib each protruding from a lateral surface of the first heat exchanger end tank along at least a partial length of the first heat exchanger end tank; a second heat exchanger end tank; and a side plate extending in a longitudinal direction between the first heat exchanger end tank and the second heat exchanger end tank; wherein a first slot is defined by cutting through both the first portion and a part of the first straightening rib; the side plate has a flared end residing within the first slot and having: the second step portion is inserted through the first slot and contacts the second straightening rib, the second step portion protrudes beyond the lateral surface; the first straightening rib and the second straightening rib protrude from the lateral surface of the first heat exchanger end tank in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the side plate; the first slot is defined in a part of the first straightening rib; and the second straightening rib has no slot.