Patent ID: 7302997

Claim:
A mounting bracket for a heat exchanger core of the type having a tubular manifold disposed about a primary axis, said manifold being formed of a plurality of tubular manifold segments and having top and bottom ends spaced apart in the direction of the primary axis, inner and outer sides spaced apart in the direction of a secondary axis perpendicular to the primary axis, and front and back sides spaced apart in the direction of a tertiary axis perpendicular to the primary and secondary axes; a plurality of fluid tubes arranged in substantially parallel, spaced-apart relation, each tube extending inwardly from a respective manifold segment, and extending therefrom substantially parallel to the secondary axis; and each tube having a respective peripheral flange with front and rear portions adjacent to the respective front and back sides of each respective manifold segment, each flange having a pair of laterally extending front and back edge portions spaced-apart from one another in the direction of the tertiary axis; said mounting bracket comprising: a first clip portion having an elongate groove formed therein adapted to grippingly engage the front edge portion only of a selected flange; a mounting panel portion located adjacent to the first clip portion and together defining a bridge structure; a pair of second clip portions each having a respective elongate groove formed therein, said second clip portions being adapted to grippingly engage, respectively, the back edge portion of an other one of the flanges disposed above the selected flange, and the back edge portion of a further one of the flanges disposed below the selected flange, the second clip portions being connected to the first clip portion to grip the core in a three-point contact configuration; and a pair of planar, parallel leg portions extending between the bridge structure and the second clip portions, so that when the leg portions are located perpendicular to the primary axis the leg portions extend from the mounting panel portion in the direction of the tertiary axis from said front edge portion of said selected flange to said back edge portions of said other one and said further one of said flanges.