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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1998
Viktor Brost, Aichtal, DE;
Klaus Kalbacher, Rangendingen, DE;
Karl Schutterle, Waldorfhaslach, DE;
Winfrid Eckerskorn, Ottobrunn, DE;
Axel Temmesfeld, Raubling, DE;
Manfred Schatz, Munich, DE;
Modine Manufacturing Company, Racine, WI (US);
Bayerische Motoren Werke, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A heat exchanger assembly is provided attachable to a frame of a vehicle. The heat exchanger assembly includes first and second support brackets attachable to a frame of a vehicle so as to define a mounting space therebetween having closed sides in two facing planes, the first and second support brackets each having a surface thereon transverse to the planes. The heat exchanger assembly also includes a first heat exchanger disposed within the mounting space, the first heat exchanger supported on the surfaces of the first and second brackets and releasably secured to the first and second support brackets. The heat exchanger further includes a second heat exchanger disposed within the mounting space, the second heat exchanger supported on the surfaces of the first and second brackets and releasably secured to the first and second support brackets separately from the first heat exchanger.