Contact element for electronic arrangement
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsMaik Paehrisch, Dennis Burger, Pascal Barth
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Abstract
The invention relates to an electronic arrangement (1), comprising: an electronic component (2), a cooler (3) for cooling the electronic component (2), a housing (4), and a contact element (5), wherein: the electronic component (2) and the cooler (3) are arranged within the housing (4); the cooler (3) has at least one coolant connection (31) which protrudes through a through-opening (41) in the housing (4); the contact element (5) interconnects the cooler (3) and the housing (4) in an electrically conductive manner, and the contact element (5) is designed and arranged concentrically with the through-opening (41).
Claims19
An electronic arrangement comprising:
- an electronic component (2);
- a cooler (3) for cooling the electronic component (2);
- a housing (4);
- and
- a contact element (5),
- wherein the electronic component (2) and the cooler (3) are arranged within the housing (4),
- wherein the cooler (3) has two coolant connections (31), each of the two coolant connections (31) protrudes through a through-opening (41) of the housing (4),
- wherein the contact element (5) interconnects the cooler (3) and the housing (4) in an electrically conductive manner,
- wherein the contact element (5) is configured and arranged concentrically with the through-opening (41), and
- wherein the electronic arrangement (1) comprises one contact element (5) for each of the two coolant connections (31).
An electronic arrangement comprising:
- an electronic component (2);
- a cooler (3) for cooling the electronic component (2);
- a housing (4);
- and
- a contact element (5),
- wherein the electronic component (2) and the cooler (3) are arranged within the housing (4),
- wherein the cooler (3) has at least one coolant connection (31) which protrudes through a through-opening (41) of the housing (4),
- wherein the contact element (5) interconnects the cooler (3) and the housing (4) in an electrically conductive manner,
- wherein the contact element (5) is configured and arranged concentrically with the through-opening (41),
- wherein the at least one coolant connection (31) extends along a longitudinal axis (50) and wherein the contact element (5) forms a mechanical contact and an electrically conductive contact between the cooler (3) and the housing (4) in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis (50),
- wherein the contact element (5) includes at least one contact area (51) protruding parallel to the longitudinal axis (50), and
- wherein the cooler (3) and the housing (4) are connected in a fixed manner in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis (50), and wherein the at least one contact area (51) is configured to press into an opposing component in the direction of the longitudinal axis (50) when the cooler (3) and housing (4) are screwed together for the first time.
An electronic arrangement comprising:
- an electronic component (2);
- a cooler (3) for cooling the electronic component (2);
- a housing (4);
- and
- a contact element (5),
- wherein the electronic component (2) and the cooler (3) are arranged within the housing (4),
- wherein the cooler (3) has at least one coolant connection (31) which protrudes through a through-opening (41) of the housing (4),
- wherein the contact element (5) interconnects the cooler (3) and the housing (4) in an electrically conductive manner,
- wherein the contact element (5) is configured and arranged concentrically with the through-opening (41), and
- wherein the contact element (5) includes a contact surface (53) for forming a flat contact between the cooler (3) and housing (4).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.