Proliance International Inc.

Centrum Equities Acquisition, LLC

Arnold Marcus

A system of aligning and connecting a threaded male fastener to a correspondingly threaded female fastener has a nut having a plurality of upturned sides and a central axis aligned with that of one of the male or female fastener. The system includes a guide sleeve having a cylindrical internal surface and an end sized to fit within the upturned sides of the nut, and a guide member having a cylindrical external surface and a central axis aligned with that of the other of the male or female fastener. The guide member cylindrical external surface is slidingly and rotatably movable with respect to the guide sleeve cylindrical internal surface. The guide sleeve end fits within the upturned sides of the nut and the guide member is adapted to be slid into the guide sleeve, such that the threaded male and female fasteners are coaxially aligned and contacted. The guide member is rotated with respect to the guide sleeve so that threads of the male fastener engage threads of the female fastener.

Fitting aligner

A system for aligning and connecting a threaded male fastener for securing an oil line to a correspondingly threaded female fastener at the inlet of an oil cooler in a radiator tank has a guide sleeve having a cylindrical internal surface and a central axis adapted to be aligned with a central axis of the female fastener, and a guide member having a cylindrical external surface and a central axis adapted to be aligned with a central axis of the other of the male fastener. The guide member cylindrical external surface is slidingly and rotatably movable with respect to the guide sleeve cylindrical internal surface. The guide member is adapted to be slid into the guide sleeve, such that the threaded male and female fasteners may be coaxially aligned and contacted, and the guide member may be rotated with respect to the guide sleeve so that threads of the male fastener engage threads of the female fastener.

Fitting aligner and method of aligning and connecting threaded fasteners

A radiator and oil cooler combination for an internal combustion engine includes a concentric type oil cooler in the radiator inlet or outlet tank. A baffle directs coolant flow around the oil cooler. In one embodiment, the baffle is between an inner surface of the outlet radiator tank housing and the outer wall of the oil cooler forming a barrier substantially filling the space therebetween. The baffle is located away from the ends of the oil cooler, intermediate the length thereof, and intermediate the length of the outlet radiator tank containing the tube openings. In another embodiment, the baffle is between and spaced from the oil cooler and the radiator core tube openings. The baffle extends along at least a portion of the length of the outlet radiator tank containing the tube openings and overlaps at least a portion of the length of the oil cooler. In a further embodiment, the baffle is located in the radiator tank near one end of the oil cooler and has an opening spaced from the oil cooler outer wall.

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Orange, CT, United States of America

Arnold Marcus