Patent ID: 7640966

Claim:
A cooling module to be mounted to a vehicle comprising: a first heat exchanger having; a pair of tanks, each extending in a vertical direction; multiple female screw nut portions extending into the tanks; a core portion having multiple tubes and fins alternately stacked in a vertical direction, both side ends of the tubes being connected to the tanks so that fluid flows from one of the tanks to the other one of the tanks through the multiple tubes; and a shroud, which is fixed to a side of the first heat exchanger, and which is divided into two parts in the vertical direction so that the shroud comprises an upper frame and a lower frame; wherein the upper frame has a top mounting portion arranged above the first heat exchanger and fixed to the first heat exchanger for guiding cool air toward the core portion of the first heat exchanger, the upper frame defining multiple upper mounting pins with which the cooling module is mounted to the vehicle, the upper frame being fixed to the tanks by fixing means screwed into respective female screw nut portions provided in the tanks; the lower frame, which is formed as a separate member from the upper frame, has a bottom mounting portion arranged below the first heat exchanger and fixed to the first heat exchanger for guiding cool air toward the core portion of the first heat exchanger, the lower frame defining multiple lower mounting pins with which the cooling module is mounted to the vehicle, the lower frame being fixed to the tanks by fixing means screwed into respective female screw nut portions provided in the tanks; and the cooling module further comprises a second heat exchanger tightly held between the top and bottom mounting portions of the shroud, and the second heat exchanger is arranged at a position close to the first heat exchanger but at an opposite side from the shroud.