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A plate and fin type heat exchanger is provided with an improved mounting arrangement for mounting the heat exchanger, for example, within the intake manifold of a combustion engine for use as a charge air cooler. A plurality of threaded nuts are secured as by welding at predetermined points at the

A plate and fin type heat exchanger is provided with an improved mounting arrangement for mounting the heat exchanger, for example, within the intake manifold of a combustion engine for use as a charge air cooler. A plurality of threaded nuts are secured as by welding at predetermined points at the inboard sides of the heat exchanger side plates for receiving bolts passed through aligned bolt-receiving holes in the intake manifold and side plates to secure the heat exchanger in place, thereby providing a mounting arrangement permitting the heat exchanger to occupy substantially the entire cross-sectional area of the intake manifold for optimized heat transfer capacity.

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A charge air cooler mounting arrangement for mounting a charge air cooler heat exchanger within an engine intake manifold, comprising: a plate-fin heat exchanger core formed by a plurality of plate-fin heat transfer elements arranged in an alternating stack with a plurality of divider plates and sai

A charge air cooler mounting arrangement for mounting a charge air cooler heat exchanger within an engine intake manifold, comprising: a plate-fin heat exchanger core formed by a plurality of plate-fin heat transfer elements arranged in an alternating stack with a plurality of divider plates and said stack sandwiched between a pair of relatively rigid side plates, said core defining a first flow path for charge air and a second flow path for a coolant in heat transfer relation with the charge air; a plurality of threaded nuts secured to each one of said side plates at the inboard sides thereof generally in alignment with a plurality of bolt-receiving holes formed in said side plates; an engine intake manifold having a chamber formed therein for relatively close sliding reception of said core and bounded on opposite sides by a pair of manifold side walls having a plurality of bolt-receiving holes formed therein generally for alignment with the bolt-receiving holes in said side plates; and bolt means for reception through the boltreceiving holes in said manifold side walls and further through the bolt-receiving holes in said side plates for threaded reception into said nuts to secure said core within said intake manifold.