Patent ID: 6742572
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: B21D,B23P,F28D,F28F

Abstract:
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.