Radiator Core Support

• US 20100044007A1
• Filed: 10/30/2006
• Published: 02/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
• Original Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
• Inventors: Uehara, Tomoaki, Sensui, Tatsuya
• Application Number:
  US12/083,335
• Publication Number:
  US 20100044007A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 165/67
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/00535 Mounting or fastening of the housing to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/00571 of liquid ducts, e.g. for coolant liquids or refrigerants
• CPC Class Codes: F25B 39/04 Condensers
• CPC Class Codes: F28D 2021/0084 Condensers
• CPC Class Codes: F28F 9/002 with fastening means for other structures

Abstract

A radiator core support 1 has a condenser 10 which is arranged at a front side thereof, and pipes 30 and 31, of the condenser 10, vehicle-side connecting end portions of which pass through a through-hole 8 formed on the radiator core support 1 in a state where the end portions project rearward. The radiator core support 1 is provided with a bracket 40 which is capable of supporting the pipes 30 and 31 in a state where the bracket 40 blocks off gaps formed between the pipes 30 and 31 and the through-hole 8.

Claims

1. A radiator core support in which a condenser is arranged on a front side of the radiator core support and a vehicle side connecting end portion of a piping of the condenser passes through a through-hole formed on the radiator core support in a state where the end portion is projected rearward therethrough, the radiator core support characterized in that the radiator core support is provided with a bracket which is capable of holding the piping in a state where the bracket blocks off a gap formed between the piping and the through-hole.

2. The radiator core support according to claim 1, wherein

the bracket is elastically supported by the piping.

3. The radiator core support according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein

the piping has two pipes, and wherein

the bracket is formed so that an upper portion of the bracket is turnable around an upper end portion thereof so as to open for allowing one of pipes of the piping to be inserted from a lower side, and so that a lower portion of the bracket is turnable around a lower end portion thereof so as to open for allowing the other of the pipes of the piping to be inserted from an upper side.

4. The radiator core support according to claim 1, wherein

the bracket has a plurality of ribs which extend radially from a supporting portion forming the through-hole, through which the piping passes, to an outer circumferential frame portion of the bracket.

5. The radiator core support according to claim 2, wherein

the piping has two pipes, and wherein

the bracket is formed so that an upper portion of the bracket is turnable around an upper end portion thereof so as to open for allowing one of pipes of the piping to be inserted from a lower side, and so that a lower portion of the bracket is turnable around a lower end portion thereof so as to open for allowing the other of the pipes of the piping to be inserted from an upper side.

6. The radiator core support according to claim 2, wherein

the bracket has a plurality of ribs which extend radially from a supporting portion forming the through-hole, through which the piping passes, to an outer circumferential frame portion of the bracket.

7. The radiator core support according to claim 3, wherein

the bracket has a plurality of ribs which extend radially from a supporting portion forming the through-hole, through which the piping passes, to an outer circumferential frame portion of the bracket.