An intercooler has a case through which supercharging air passes, and a heat exchanger 4 mounted inside the case which allows heat exchange between the supercharging air and a cooling fluid. A frame body 15 is provided at the circumferential edges of air passage portions of the heat exchanger 4 on a
An intercooler has a case through which supercharging air passes, and a heat exchanger 4 mounted inside the case which allows heat exchange between the supercharging air and a cooling fluid. A frame body 15 is provided at the circumferential edges of air passage portions of the heat exchanger 4 on a supercharging air intake side and a supercharging air outlet side to reduce the gap between the heat exchanger and the inner wall of the case. The heat exchanger 4 has a pair of tanks 43 and 44, tubes communicating between the tanks, and a plurality of fins 46 set along the tubes, and assumes a structure that allows the supercharging air to pass through the heat exchanger a plurality of times by sequentially passing through blocks formed by dividing a heat exchanging unit 4A into a plurality of blocks with partitioning plates 15d.
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1. An intercooler comprising:a case having an air intake port, an air outlet port, and an interior air cooling space shaped to allow supercharging air to pass through said case from said air intake port to said air outlet port, said air intake port and said air outlet port both being located in a fi
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An intercooler comprising:a case having an air intake port, an air outlet port, and an interior air cooling space shaped to allow supercharging air to pass through said case from said air intake port to said air outlet port, said air intake port and said air outlet port both being located in a first side of said case opposite a second side of said case; a heat exchanger including a heat exchange unit mounted within said interior air cooling space between said first side and said second side of said case, for allowing heat exchange between a cooling fluid flowing through said heat exchanger and the supercharging air passing through said case; and a frame body mounted to said heat exchange unit of said heat exchanger, said frame body being shaped and arranged to direct a flow of the supercharging air within said interior air cooling space from said air intake port to said second side of said case opposite said first side before the supercharging air exits said interior air cooling space via said air outlet port, said frame body including: an edge plate over a circumference of a first surface of said heat exchange unit, said first surface of said heat exchange unit facing said first side of said case; a pair of suspended plates attached to respective longitudinal sides of said edge plate, each of said suspended plates being extending in a longitudinal direction of said heat exchange unit; a bridging plate extending from a middle portion of said edge plate toward said first side of said case; and a pair of partitioning plates attached to respective longitudinal sides of said edge plate so as to extend toward said second side of said case. 2. The intercooler of claim 1, wherein said second side of said case has a distended portion forming a U-turn portion of said interior air cooling space of said case, said bridging plate and said partitioning plates being arranged at said middle portion of said edge plate so as to divide said interior air cooling space into a first cooling space portion having a first end of said heat exchange unit arranged therein and a second cooling space portion having a second end of said heat exchange unit arranged therein, said air intake port being located at said first cooling space portion and said air outlet port being located at said second cooling space portion, and wherein said air intake port, said air outlet port, said first cooling space portion, said U-turn portion, and said second cooling space portion are arranged to form an air passage channeling the supercharging air from said air intake port into said first cooling space portion, from said first cooling space portion into said U-turn portion, from said U-turn portion into said second cooling space portion, and from said second cooling space portion into said air outlet port.3. The intercooler of claim 2, further comprising a screen vent member in said second cooling space portion of said interior air cooling space and located between said frame body and said air outlet port.4. The intercooler of claim 1, further comprising a screen vent member in said interior air cooling space and located between said frame body and said air outlet port.5. The intercooler of claim 1, wherein said heat exchange unit comprises a plurality of tubes and a plurality of fins attached to each of tubes, each of said fins extending in an orthogonal direction with respect to a longitudinal direction of said tubes, said fins being spaced apart at an interval along the longitudinal direction of said tubes.6. The intercooler of claim 1, further comprising a buffer member between an intake tank and said case and between an outlet tank and said case.7. The intercooler of claim 1, further comprising a buffer member between said heat exchanger and said case.8. The intercooler of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of said frame body is located in a gap between said heat exchange unit of said heat exchanger and an inner surface of said case so as to at least partially fill said gap.9. The intercooler of claim 1, wherein said bridging plate is arranged in a gap between an inner surface of said first side of said case and a first surface of said heat exchange unit of said heat exchanger facing said inner surface of said first side of said case.10. An intercooler comprising:a case having an air intake port, an air outlet port, and an interior air cooling space shaped to allow supercharging air to pass through said case from said air intake port to said air outlet port, said air intake port and said air outlet port both being located in a first side of said case opposite a second side of said case; a heat exchanger including a heat exchange unit mounted within said interior air cooling space between said first side and said second side of said case, for allowing heat exchange between a cooling fluid flowing through said heat exchanger and the supercharging air passing through said case; a frame body mounted to said heat exchange unit of said heat exchanger, said frame body being shaped and arranged to direct a flow of the supercharging air within said interior air cooling space from said air intake port to said second side of said case opposite said first side before the supercharging air exits said interior air cooling space via said air outlet port; and a screen vent member in said interior air cooling space and located between said frame body and said air outlet port. 11. An intercooler comprising:a case having an air intake port, an air outlet port, and an interior air cooling space shaped to allow supercharging air to pass through said case from said air intake port to said air outlet port, said air intake port and said air outlet port both being located in a first side of said case opposite a second side of said case, said case including an intake-end member and an outlet-end member separably attached by fasteners to said intake-end member, said air intake port being located in said intake-end member, and said air outlet port being located in said outlet-end member; a heat exchanger including a heat exchange unit mounted within said interior air cooling space between said first side and said second side of said case, for allowing heat exchange between a cooling fluid flowing through said heat exchanger and the supercharging air passing through said case; and a frame body mounted to said heat exchange unit of said heat exchanger, said frame body being shaped and arranged to direct a flow of the supercharging air within said interior air cooling space from said air intake port to said second side of said case opposite said first side before the supercharging air exits said interior air cooling space via said air outlet port. 12. An intercooler comprising:a case having an air intake port, an air outlet port, and an interior air cooling space shaped to allow supercharging air to pass through said case from said air intake port to said air outlet port, said air intake port and said air outlet port both being located in a first side of said case opposite a second side of said case; a heat exchanger including: a heat exchange unit mounted within said interior air cooling space between said first side and said second side of said case, for allowing heat exchange between a cooling fluid flowing through said heat exchanger and the supercharging air passing through said case, said heat exchange unit including a plurality of tubes and a plurality of fins attached to each of tubes, each of said fins extending in an orthogonal direction with respect to a longitudinal direction of said tubes, said fins being spaced apart at an interval along the longitudinal direction of said tubes; and an intake pipe communicating with an intake tank, and an outlet pipe communicating with an outlet tank, said heat exchange unit being arranged between and in communication with said intake tank and said outlet tank so that said intake pipe communicates with said outlet pipe via said plurality of tubes; and a frame body mounted to said heat exchange unit of said heat exchanger, said frame body being shaped and arranged to direct a flow of the supercharging air within said interior air cooling space from said air intake port to said second side of said case opposite said first side before the supercharging air exits said interior air cooling space via said air outlet port.
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