Denso International America, Inc.

Michael Tucker

Christopher Wisniewski

Jeremy T Koscielny

John S Schaffer

A heat exchanger assembly can include a support structure, a heat exchanger, and an air guide. The heat exchanger can be mounted to the support structure. The heat exchanger and the support structure can cooperate to define a gap. The air guide can block the gap to guide an airflow toward a core of the heat exchanger. The air guide can include a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end can be coupled to the support structure. The distal end can extend a first distance from the proximal end in a first condition and can extend a second distance from the proximal end in a second condition. The second distance can be less than the first distance.

Vehicle heat exchanger air guide

A fan shroud assembly includes a fixed fan shroud and a removable fan shroud. An upper retention system integral with the fixed and removable fan shrouds secures the two circumferential ends of the removable fan shroud to the fixed fan shroud. A lower retention system integral with the fixed and removable fan shroud secures the center of the removable fan shroud to the fixed fan shroud. No additional fasteners are required to connect the removable fan shroud to the fixed fan shroud because of the integral nature of the upper and lower retention systems.

Mechanical fan sub-shroud attachment feature, molded plastic snap feature

A jumper tube assembly for a heat exchanger includes a first connector block having an attachment portion engaged to the heat exchanger, an outlet and an inlet for receiving refrigerant from the heat exchanger. A second connector block includes an attachment portion engaged to the heat exchanger, an inlet and an outlet. A jumper tube extends between the first and the second connector block. The jumper tube includes an inlet connected to the outlet of the first connector block and an outlet connected to the inlet of the second connector block. The jumper tube inlet and the jumper tube outlet are brazed to the respective first and second connector blocks. The first and second connector blocks are brazed to the heat exchanger.

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Livonia, MI, United States of America

Michael Tucker