Patent ID: 6889521

Claim:
A heat exchanger with a receiver tank, comprising: a heat exchanger body including a pair of headers, a plurality of heat exchanging tubes disposed in parallel with each other between said pair of headers with opposite ends of said heat exchanging tube communicated with said headers and a condensing portion constituted by said heat exchanging tubes, wherein a refrigerant condensed by said condensing portion is made to flow out of a condensing portion outlet of one of said headers; a slender receiver tank disposed along said one of headers, said receiver tank having a tank main body, a receiver tank inlet and a receiver tank outlet each communicated with an inside of said tank main body; a joint member joined to said condensing portion outlet of said one of headers and therearound, said joint member having an upper surface on which a lower end of said receiver tank is assembled; and a bracket for supporting said receiver tank to said one of said headers, wherein said joint member is provided with an inlet flow passage having one end communicated with said condensing portion outlet and the other end communicated with said receiver tank inlet and an outlet flow passage having one end communicated with said receiver tank outlet, wherein said receiver tank has a pressing stepped portion formed on a periphery of said tank main body, and wherein said bracket is provided with a joint portion joined to a periphery of said one of headers and an embracing portion which surrounds said periphery of said tank main body and engages with said pressing stepped portion to downwardly press said receiver tank.