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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoshikiyo Nagasaka, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Zexel USA Corporation, Decatur, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
165149 ; 165153 ; 165178 ; 165 67 ; 2482292 ; 248 743 ; 248 741 ;
Abstract
A clip for securing a manifold tube to an automotive heat exchanger has a portion which secures to a support plate of the heat exchanger without brazing. The base of the clip has a lip which inserts over an edge of the plate. A loop joins the base and extends around the tube. A leg joins the other end of the loop and has a lip which is inserted over an opposite edge of the plate. A fastener secures the first and second ends of the loop to each other to grip the tube and hold the lips in gripping engagement with the edges of the plate.