Charge air cooler assembly

1. An intake manifold of an internal combustion engine, the intake manifold comprising:

a non-metal housing including at least one inlet and the at least one outlet for charge air;

at least one charge air cooler disposed in the housing between the at least one inlet and at least one outlet;

a metal housing frame carried by the at least one charge air cooler;

at least one non-metal mounting adapter; and

a metal adapter holding plate secured to the metal housing frame and holding the at least one non-metal mounting adapter to the at least one charge air cooler;

wherein the at least one adapter element is secured to an adjacent interior side of a wall of the non-metal housing, and

wherein the metal adapter holding plate is elongated in a direction extending from the at least one inlet to the at least one outlet and has a U-shape profile.

2. The intake manifold of claim 1 ,

wherein the U-shape profile of the metal adapter holding plate includes a tension portion formed between first and second connecting arms, and

wherein both of the first and second connecting arms are parallel to a corresponding facing surface of the frame and secured to the corresponding facing surface of the frame.

3. The intake manifold of claim 2 , wherein the tension portion of the metal adapter holding plate includes a central portion receiving an inwardly protruding portion from the interior side wall of the non-metal housing to secure the non-metal mounting adapter.

4. The intake manifold of claim 1 , wherein a first adapter element is secured to a top interior side wall of the no-metal housing.

5. The intake manifold of claim 4 , wherein a second adapter element is secured to a bottom interior side wall of the non-metal housing.

6. The intake manifold of claim 5 , wherein a third adapter element is secured to the top interior side wall and a fourth adapter element is secured to the bottom interior sidewall.

7. An intake manifold of an internal combustion engine, the intake manifold comprising:

a non-metal housing including an inlet and an outlet;

a charge air cooler disposed in the housing between the inlet and the outlet;

at least one metal housing frame carried by the charge air cooler; and

at least one connection between the at least one metal housing frame and the non-metal housing, each connection defined by:

a non-metal mounting adapter; and

a metal adapter holding plate secured to the at least one metal housing frame and holding the non-metal mounting adapter to the charge air cooler;

wherein each adapter element is secured to an interior side of a wall of the non-metal housing, and

wherein each metal adapter holding plate is elongated in a direction extending from the inlet to the outlet and has a U-shape profile.

8. The intake manifold of claim 7 ,

wherein the U-shape profile of each metal adapter holding plate includes a tension portion formed between first and second connecting arms, and

wherein both of the first and second connecting arms are parallel to a corresponding facing surface of the frame and secured to the corresponding facing surface of the frame.

9. The intake manifold of claim 8 , wherein the tension portion of the metal adapter holding plate includes a central portion receiving an inwardly protruding portion from the interior side wall of the non-metal housing to secure the non-metal mounting adapter.

10. The intake manifold of claim 7 , wherein the at elast one metal housing frame includes an upper frame at an upper end of the charge air cooler and a lower frame at a lower end of the charge air cooler.

11. The intake manifold of claim 10 , wherein the at least one connection includes a plurality of connections.

12. The intake manifold of claim 10 , wherein the at least one connection includes first and second connections between the at least one metal housing frame and the non-metal housing and third and fourth connections between the at least one metal housing frame and the non-metal housing.