Modine Manufacturing Company

Kevin E Stay

John E Munch, Jr

So-called suck-in (FIG. 6) and banana-ing (FIG. 7) in a plastic tank for a vehicular radiator having elongated side walls 102, 104 connected by short end walls 106, 108 and having an opening 112 surrounded by a peripheral flange 114 which in turn includes a planar sealing surface 124 is eliminated by the provision of a substantially continuous, peripheral bead 140 about the tank generally parallel to the flange 114 and in close adjacency thereto.

Tank for a heat exchanger

A snap on fillerneck for a tank 52, 76 on a heat exchanger includes a hollow body 10 having an interior sealing surface 20 intermediate its ends 12, 14 which is adapted to be engaged by a seal 22 on a pressure cap 24 and which faces axially toward one end 12 of the body 10. An exterior flange 28 is located on the end 12 of the body 10 and has a pressure cap retaining surfaces 30, 32 for retaining the pressure cap 24 thereon. Resilient fingers 36 extend from the other end 14 of the body 10 and have integral, generally radially movable retaining surfaces 38 for retaining abutment with an end 58, 58' in a mounting element 50, 50'. The body 10 includes an exterior sealing surface 44 intermediate the ends 12, 14 thereof for cooperation with a seal 46 to seal the interface of the body 10 and the mounting elements 50, 50'.

Snap on fillerneck assembly for radiators

A connection for securing a tank to a header plate in a heat exchanger. A metal header plate is provided with a peripheral groove having a bottom wall and an upstanding side wall. A compressible gasket is received in the groove in a plastic tank as a flange disposed in the groove to compress the gasket. A plurality of tabs are deformed from the side wall to overlie a side of the flange. The tabs are generally egg-shaped or spherical and have free edges engaging the flange to provide excellent resistance to deformation.

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Greenfield, WI, United States of America

Kevin E Stay