Patent ID: 8840076

Claim:
A connecting device in combination with a heat exchanger, the heat exchanger having orthogonally oriented first and second mount members, the connecting device comprising: a body; a first sidewall extension integrally connected to and extending from the body and including a first planar mount surface; a second sidewall extension integrally connected to and extending from the body, the second sidewall extension oppositely facing with respect to the first sidewall extension and including a second planar mount surface; and a mounting wall extension integrally connected to the body and extending orthogonally with respect to the first and second sidewall extensions and including a third planar mount surface, the first, second and third planar mount surfaces oriented coplanar to each other and generally perpendicular to the body, the first, second and third planar mount surfaces being fixedly connected to the first mount member; wherein the body is a U-shaped member extending away from the first mount member of the heat exchanger in a direction perpendicular to the first, second and third planar mount surface.