# US 11,116,089 B2 · Component assembly including a connection between two components

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- Number: US 11,116,089 B2
- Document ID: US11116089B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/806,055
- Filed: 2020-03-02
- Published: 2020-09-10
- Granted: 2021-09-07
- Earliest claimed: 2019-03-06
- Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH
- Applicants: Robert Bosch GmbH
- Inventors: Andreas Moehrle; Hans-Georg Drotleff
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11116089B2

## CPC

- H05K 5/0069: {having connector relating features for connecting the connector pins with the PCB or for mounting the connector body with the housing}
- H05K 7/1417: {having securing means for mounting boards, plates or wiring boards (H05K7/1461 takes precedence)}
- H04N 23/51: Housings
- H05K 1/0284: {Details of three-dimensional rigid printed circuit boards (H05K1/119 takes precedence; shaping of the substrate H05K3/0014)}
- H05K 3/0058: {Laminating printed circuit boards onto other substrates, e.g. metallic substrates (H05K1/0281 takes precedence)}
- H05K 2201/09063: Holes or slots in insulating substrate not used for electrical connections
- H05K 2201/0999: Circuit printed on or in housing, e.g. housing as PCB; Circuit printed on the case of a component; PCB affixed to housing
- H05K 2203/0195: Tool for a process not provided for in H05K3/00, e.g. tool for handling objects using suction, for deforming objects, for applying local pressure
- H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

A component assembly that includes a connection between two components, in particular an electronic circuit board and a housing. The connection includes a pin-shaped connector via which the electronic circuit board is held on the housing, and the pin-shaped connector in a passage of the housing being connected to the housing via a housing caulking. The pin-shaped connector, in the area of the housing caulking, includes a recess that cooperates with the housing caulking in such a way that the pin-shaped connecting means is held in the passage.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A component assembly, comprising:
an electronic circuit board;
a housing; and
a connection connecting the electronic circuit board and the housing, the connection including a pin-shaped connector via which the electronic circuit board is held on the housing, the pin-shaped connector, in a passage of the housing, being connected to the housing via a housing caulking, wherein the pin-shaped connector includes, in an area of the housing caulking, a recess that cooperates with the housing caulking in such a way that the pin-shaped connector is held in the passage.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The component assembly as recited in claim 1, wherein the recess on the pin-shaped connector forms a cylindrical area, a ridge being formed on an end of the recess facing away from the electronic circuit board.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The component assembly as recited in claim 1, wherein the pin-shaped connector has knurling in the area of the housing caulking.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The component assembly as recited in claim 1, wherein the pin-shaped connector is situated in a borehole of the electronic circuit board.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The component assembly as recited in claim 4, wherein the pin-shaped connector, in the area of the electronic circuit board, includes a connecting section having a larger diameter, that is situated eccentrically with respect to the pin-shaped connector.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The component assembly as recited in claim 1, wherein the housing includes at least one groove that forms an intermediate area with respect to the pin-shaped connector, the housing caulking being formed on the intermediate area.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The component assembly as recited in claim 6, wherein the groove is, at least in part, an annular groove.

### Claim 8

A camera module, comprising:
a component assembly including an electronic circuit board, a housing, and a connection connecting the electronic circuit board and the housing, the connection including a pin-shaped connector via which the electronic circuit board is held on the housing, the pin-shaped connector, in a passage of the housing, being connected to the housing via a housing caulking, wherein the pin-shaped connector includes, in an area of the housing caulking, a recess that cooperates with the housing caulking in such a way that the pin-shaped connector is held in the passage.