US 11,858,334 B2
Mounting arrangement for a heat exchanger
Jörg Ohlhoff, Wolfsburg (DE); and Robert Stelzner, Wolfsburg (DE)
Assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Wolfsburg (DE)
Filed by VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Wolfsburg (DE)
Filed on Sep. 26, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/584,231.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 124 295.6 (DE), filed on Oct. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0101817 A1, Apr. 2, 2020
Int. Cl. B60K 11/04 (2006.01); B60R 19/52 (2006.01); F28F 19/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 11/04 (2013.01) [B60R 19/52 (2013.01); F28F 19/002 (2013.01); B60H 1/00507 (2013.01); B60R 2019/527 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mounting arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprising:
at least one heat exchanger, and
a protective element for the at least one heat exchanger, having a grid structure through which a fluid may flow that at least partially covers a surface, over which the fluid may flow, of the at least one heat exchanger,
wherein the protective element is a component that is manufactured by an injection molding process, and has at least one sealing element, integrally formed on the protective element in a multicomponent method, for conducting flow of the fluid, and
wherein the protective element has a frame part that forms a frame around the at least one heat exchanger in a circumferential direction,
wherein the frame part of the protective element is located between the at least one sealing element and the grid structure, and
wherein the frame part has a design that is closed all around the protective element and the at least one heat exchanger in the circumferential direction.