Patent ID: 6513579
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: F28F,Y10S

Abstract:
For use on a brazed heat exchanger having a basic four sided, four cornered frame construction comprised of a substantially parallel pair of metal header tanks and a substantially parallel pair of metal reinforcements joined to the ends of the header tanks, said heat exchanger also having an additional component associated therewith which is subjected to a predetermined installation torque relative said heat exchanger, a support bracket for resisting said installation torque, comprising in combination,at least one molded plastic bracket installed by a press fit to one corner of said heat exchanger, said bracket having a cap closely fitted to an end of a header tank and an integral channel tightly gripping the core reinforcement adjacent thereto, thereby creating a solid twisting resistance relative to said heat exchanger, said molded plastic bracket further comprising a support flange integrally molded thereto that is sufficiently stiff to resist said predetermined torque relative to said bracket, said support flange being solidly attached to said additional component, whereby the net effect of the installation of said bracket to said heat exchanger and the attachment of said additional component to said bracket support flange is to resist the installation torque to which said additional component is subjected.