Module carrier for various heat exchangers for a motor vehicle engine

US6684937B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Behr GmbH & Co. · DE
• Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Werner Lenz · Bad Dürkheim, DE
• Anette Baumann-Kaiser · Marbach am Neckar, DE
• Oliver Braun · Tauberbischofsheim, DE
• Martin Brielmair · Fraunberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 5, 2001
• Grant date: Feb 3, 2004
• Expiry date: Jul 31, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F28D2021/0094
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A description is given of a module carrier for various diverse heat exchangers for a motor vehicle engine, which comprises a supporting frame, to which the coolant/air cooler and at least one air-conditioning condenser is fitted. The supporting frame comprises a lower part with a crossmember 2 as base and two side parts 3, 4 projecting vertically therefrom, to define upwardly open compartments 6, 7, 6′, 7′ in the lower part for the insertion of at least the coolant/air cooler and the air-conditioning condenser 9. These upwardly open compartments are closed off by an upper support 5, which interconnects the free ends of the side parts 3, 4 to form the supporting frame and which secures the inserted heat exchangers 8, 9 in their positions.