Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Delphi Technologies, Inc.

Ralph John Honey

Shrikant M Joshi

Donald Robert Pautler

Julie A Pinger

John P Morgan

A mounting means for an automotive condenser (,) includes a pair of aligned through holes (,) at the upper ends of a pair of manifolds (,), which are pierced outboard of upper end plugs (,). The lower ends of the manifolds (,) are unmodified. The tanks (,) of a radiator (,) include a pair of mounting features (,) spaced apart by substantially the end to end length of the manifolds (,). One pair of mounting features (,) fits closely within the lower ends of the manifolds (,), while the other pair (,) fits closely within the aligned through holes (,) at the upper ends.

Heat exchanger mounting

An automotive heat exchanger manifold (56) is formed entirely integrally by starting with a cylindrical blank (10) and integrally forming its ends variously into lower end closures or upper end connectors. Specifically, the lower end of blank (10) is impact extruded into a reduced diameter pin (30) which is not only leak tight and seamless, but inserts into a lower resilient mount (16). The upper end of the blank (10) is cold headed into a line connector (54).

Method of making a heat exchanger manifold

A heat exchanger includes two parallel tank units each providing a fluid space therein and supporting a core therebetween. The core includes parallel tube passes connected between the tank units, and air centers connected between the tube passes for conductive heat transfer with air flowing therethrough. The tank units include tube slots therein for receiving the ends of the tube passes in fluid communication with the fluid space. The ends of the tube passes are arcuate in configuration to allow optimum flow of fluid within the fluid space.

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