Arrangement for mounting a fan motor on a heat exchanger and automobile vehicle front assembly provided with that arrangement

Abstract

In an arrangement for mounting a fan motor on a heat exchanger comprising a body extending between two heat-exchange fluid tanks connected together by tubes carrying cooling fins and in which a heat-exchange fluid flows, the motor is fixed to a support at least one portion of which is molded onto the body. The motor is preferably fixed to the support by at least one screw, for example a self-tapping screw, screwed into the support. The molded material is preferably a plastics material.

There is claimed:  
     
         1 . An arrangement for mounting a fan motor on a heat exchanger comprising a body extending between two heat-exchange fluid tanks connected together by tubes carrying cooling fins and in which a heat-exchange fluid flows, wherein said motor is fixed to a support at least one portion of which is molded onto said body.  
     
     
         2 . The arrangement claimed in  claim 1  wherein said support comprises an elastomer first portion connected to said body and a plastics material second portion molded at the same time as said first portion and connected to said motor.  
     
     
         3 . The arrangement claimed in  claim 1  wherein said at least one portion of said support which is molded onto said body is made of a plastics material.  
     
     
         4 . The arrangement claimed in  claim 1  wherein said motor is fixed to said support by at least one screw screwed into said support.  
     
     
         5 . The arrangement claimed in  claim 4  wherein said at least one screw is a self-tapping screw.  
     
     
         6 . The arrangement claimed in  claim 4  wherein said motor includes at least one fixing lug forming an apertured seat for said screw.  
     
     
         7 . The arrangement claimed in  claim 4  wherein said support is provided with at least one motor fixing finger and said screw is screwed into an axial hole in said finger.  
     
     
         8 . An automobile vehicle front assembly comprising an arrangement in accordance with any one of  claims 1  to  6 .