Patent ID: 6942017

Claim:
An intercooler comprising: a case having an air intake port, an air outlet port, and an interior air cooling space shaped to allow supercharging air to pass through said case from said air intake port to said air outlet port, said air intake port and said air outlet port both being located in a first side of said case opposite a second side of said case; a heat exchanger including a heat exchange unit mounted within said interior air cooling space between said first side and said second side of said case, for allowing heat exchange between a cooling fluid flowing through said heat exchanger and the supercharging air passing through said case; and a frame body mounted to said heat exchange unit of said heat exchanger, said frame body being shaped and arranged to direct a flow of the supercharging air within said interior air cooling space from said air intake port to said second side of said case opposite said first side before the supercharging air exits said interior air cooling space via said air outlet port, said frame body including: an edge plate over a circumference of a first surface of said heat exchange unit, said first surface of said heat exchange unit facing said first side of said case; a pair of suspended plates attached to respective longitudinal sides of said edge plate, each of said suspended plates being extending in a longitudinal direction of said heat exchange unit; a bridging plate extending from a middle portion of said edge plate toward said first side of said case; and a pair of partitioning plates attached to respective longitudinal sides of said edge plate so as to extend toward said second side of said case.