VIBRATION DAMPENED ENGINE MOUNTED RADIATOR ASSEMBLY

• US 20150136355A1
• Filed: 11/15/2013
• Published: 05/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Heavy Duty Radiator LLC
• Original Assignee: Detroit Radiator Corporation
• Inventors: Pruitt, John R.
• Granted Patent: US 9,090,159 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 165/51
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 11/04 Arrangement or mounting of radiators, radiator shutters, or radiator blinds B60K11/085 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F01P 2070/52 mounting heat-exchangers
• CPC Class Codes: F01P 3/18 Arrangements or mounting of liquid-to-air heat-exchangers such arrangements on cylinders or cylinder heads F01P3/04; relative to vehicles B60K11/04

Abstract

An engine mounted, vibration dampened radiator, to dampen vibrations from an engine to the radiator are disclosed. The radiator core is contained within a shell having two opposed longitudinal members and two opposed transverse members to form a coolant jacket. The vehicle radiator has a support bracket assembly, equipped with a longitudinal member having a length with opposing first and second ends, and a width of to accommodate at least one side of a vehicle radiator assembly, and a bracket member attached at one end to the longitudinal member and adapted to overfit internal coolant tubes in the radiator. The bracket has a length with opposing first and second ends, and a width. The bracket is equipped with at least one aperture along the width complementary to at least one coolant tube to permit insertion of the bracket over the coolant tube such that the tube extends through said aperture.

Claims

1. A radiator support bracket assembly, comprising:

a longitudinal member having a length with opposing first and second ends, and a width;

said length and width of sufficient dimension to accommodate at least one side of a radiator assembly, and;

a bracket member adapted to overfit internal coolant tubes in said radiator;

said bracket of a material compatible with radiator coolant and said radiator tubes;

said bracket having a length with opposing first and second ends, and a width, said bracket equipped with at least one aperture along the width located complementary to at least one said radiator tube to permit insertion of said bracket over said radiator tube such that the tube extends through said aperture;

said bracket affixed at said first end to said longitudinal member.

2. The radiator support bracket assembly of claim 1, further including a plurality of

apertures in said bracket member complementary with all the radiator tubes along the length of said bracket member.

3. The radiator bracket assembly of claim 1, wherein said bracket member is comprised of brass.

4. The radiator support bracket assembly of claim 1, further including a mounting structure adapted to a vehicle engine compartment structural component.

5. An engine mounted, vibration dampened radiator structure, comprising:

a vehicle radiator having a core with coolant tubes, said core contained with and a shell, said shell having two opposed longitudinal members and two opposed transverse members;

each of said longitudinal members and said transverse members having a length and a width sufficient to accommodate said core and form a coolant jacket;

one transverse member equipped with an aperture to permit addition of coolant to the coolant jacket and said other transverse member quipped with an aperture to accommodate a return conduit to accommodate circulation of coolant within the radiator and said engine;

a vehicle radiator support bracket assembly, said support bracket assembly equipped with

a longitudinal member having a length with opposing first and second ends, and a width;

said length and width of sufficient dimension to accommodate at least one side of a vehicle radiator assembly, and;

a bracket member adapted to overfit internal coolant tubes in said vehicle radiator;

said bracket of a material compatible with radiator coolant and said radiator tubes;

said bracket having a length with opposing first and second ends, and a width, said bracket equipped with at least one aperture along the width located complementary to at least one said radiator tube to permit insertion of said bracket over said radiator tube such that the tube extends through said aperture;

said bracket affixed at said first end to said longitudinal member.

6. The engine mounted, vibration dampened radiator assembly of claim 5, wherein the vehicle radiator support bracket assembly of claim includes a plurality of apertures in said bracket member complementary with all the radiator tubes along the length of said bracket member.

7. The engine mounted vibration dampened radiator assembly of claim 5, wherein the vehicle radiator bracket member is comprised of brass.

8. The engine mounted vibration dampened radiator assembly of claim 5, further including a mounting structure on said longitudinal bracket member adapted mount the radiator structure to a vehicle engine compartment structural component.

9. The engine mounted vibration dampened assembly of claim 5, wherein said vehicle is a heavy duty vehicle.

10. The engine mounted vibration dampened assembly of claim 10, wherein said vehicle is an off road construction vehicle.

11. The engine mounted vibration dampened assembly of claim 10, wherein said vehicle is a class 8 vehicle.