Flexible printed circuit for a gearbox control unit of a commercial vehicle and corresponding gearbox control unit
AssigneeZf Cv Systems Europe BV
InventorsMaciej Chetkiewicz, Marcin Kubiatowicz
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Abstract
A flexible printed circuit (112) for a gearbox control unit (102) of a commercial vehicle includes a body section (126) and an arm section (148). The arm section (148) is attached to the body section (126). The body section (126) includes a body mounting interface (150) for mounting the flexible printed circuit (112) to a bottom housing section (104) and/or a top cover (6) of a gearbox control unit (102). The arm section (148) includes an arm mounting interface (130) having at least one opening (132). The opening (132) is configured to receive a fastening device (134) arranged at a bottom housing section (104) and/or a top cover (6) of the gearbox control unit (102).
Claims17
A flexible printed circuit (112) for a gearbox control unit (102) of a commercial vehicle, said flexible printed circuit (112) comprising:
- a body section (126) and
- an arm section (148), said arm section (148) being attached to said body section (126),
- wherein said body section (126) includes a body mounting interface (150) for mounting the flexible printed circuit (112) to a bottom housing section (104) and/or a top cover (6) of a gearbox control unit (102),
- wherein the arm section (148) includes at least one arm mounting interface (130) having at least one opening (132), the opening (132) being configured to receive a fastening device (134) arranged at a bottom housing section (104) and/or a top cover (6) of the gearbox control unit (102);
- wherein the arm section (148) comprises a longitudinal body section (136), and wherein the arm mounting interface (130) extends laterally from the body section (136);
- wherein the arm mounting interface (130) is a first arm mounting interface, and the arm section (148) further includes at least a second arm mounting interface (130), the first and second arm mounting interfaces extending laterally from the longitudinal body section (136) of the arm section (148), and wherein the first and second arm mounting interfaces (130) extend from the longitudinal body section (136) in opposite lateral directions from one another.
A flexible printed circuit (112) for a gearbox control unit (102) of a commercial vehicle, said flexible printed circuit (112) comprising:
- a body section (126) and
- an arm section (148), said arm section (148) being attached to said body section (126),
- wherein said body section (126) includes a body mounting interface (150) for mounting the flexible printed circuit (112) to a bottom housing section (104) and/or a top cover (6) of a gearbox control unit (102),
- wherein the arm section (148) includes at least one arm mounting interface (130) having at least one opening (132), the opening (132) being configured to receive a fastening device (134) arranged at a bottom housing section (104) and/or a top cover (6) of the gearbox control unit (102);
- wherein the arm section (112) comprises a first section (142), a second section (144), and a hinge portion (146) connecting the first and second sections, and wherein the hinge portion (146) enables the second section (144) to abut against the first section (142) when the second section (144) is hinged towards the first section (142).
A gearbox control unit (2, 102) for a commercial vehicle, said gearbox control unit (2, 102) comprising:
- a bottom housing section (4, 104) configured to be attached to a gearbox of a vehicle,
- a top cover (6), the top cover (6) being releasably attached to the bottom housing section (4, 104),
- an interface connector (8, 108) arranged at the top cover (6),
- a flexible printed circuit (12, 112) being arranged at the bottom housing section (4, 104), the flexible printed circuit being connected to the interface connector (8, 108),
- wherein the flexible printed circuit (12, 112) comprises:
- a body section (126) and
- an arm section (148), said arm section (148) being attached to said body section (126),
- wherein said body section (126) includes a body mounting interface (150) mounted to the bottom housing section (4, 104) and/or the top cover (6),
- wherein the arm section (148) includes at least one arm mounting interface (130) having at least one opening (132), wherein the opening (132) receives a fastening device (134) arranged at the bottom housing section (4, 104) and/or the top cover (6);
- wherein the fastening device (134) arranged at the bottom housing section (4, 104) and/or the top cover (6) is a bracket snap (152).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.