Patent ID: 7293535

Claim:
A cooling module for the engine of a motor vehicle, comprising: a generally planar principal heat exchanger for air-cooling engine coolant, said heat exchanger having a front side, a rear side, right and left lateral sides, a bottom side and a top side and being designed for essentially vertical mounting in the vehicle at least one fan mounted for directing air from the front side to the rear side through the principal heat exchanger; a coolant circuit portion comprising coolant pump for pumping engine coolant through the principal heat exchanger; and a module frame which laterally surrounds at least a portion of the heat exchanger including at least one of said lateral side of the principal heat exchanger and to which the principal heat exchanger is connected, wherein the coolant pump is mounted on said module frame and is arranged in such a way as to be positioned laterally beside one of said lateral sides of the principal heat exchanger.