Patent ID: 7007499

Claim:
A condenser assembly for a vehicle air conditioning system, the condenser assembly comprising: a core including first and second ends and a plurality of tubes extending between the first and second ends, the plurality of tubes having flow passages defined therein; a first header located adjacent to the first end of the core and being in fluid communication with the flow passages of the tubes; and a second header located adjacent to the second end of the core, the second header including: a receiver/dryer having a wall defining a receiver/dryer chamber; a manifold cooperating with the receiver/dryer to define a manifold chamber being in fluid communication with the flow passages in the tubes, the receiver/dryer chamber being in fluid communication with the manifold chamber; and a mounting rib unitarily formed with at least one of the receiver/dryer and the manifold, the mounting rib including a first portion extending away from the at least one of the receiver/dryer and the manifold in a first direction and a second portion extending away from the first portion in a second direction that is substantially nonparallel with the first direction in order to retain together the manifold and the receiver/dryer.