Electronics module for an ignition unit
OwnerWerner Steinbergerinventor
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Abstract
An electronics module and an ignition unit having such an electronics module are described, which include: a housing having a receptacle for an electronics assembly and an electrical interface for connection to an ignition coil. The housing includes a mechanical interface for fastening on an ignition coil housing. The mechanical interface further includes a collar, which is configured to be integrally joined to a casting compound to be filled into the ignition coil housing.
Claims20
1-16. (canceled)
An electronics module for an ignition unit, comprising:
- a housing having a receptacle for an electronics assembly, the housing including a mechanical interface for fastening on an ignition coil housing;
- wherein the mechanical interface includes a collar, which is connected to the housing, and which is integrally joinable to a casting compound to be filled into the ignition coil housing.
An ignition unit, comprising:
- an ignition coil unit having an ignition coil and an ignition coil housing;
- and
- an electronics module, including a housing having a receptacle for an electronics assembly, the housing having a mechanical interface for fastening on an ignition coil housing, wherein the mechanical interface includes a collar, which is connected to the housing, and which is integrally joinable to a casting compound to be filled into the ignition coil housing;
- wherein the ignition coil housing and the housing of the electronics module are nested via the mechanical interface and are integrally joinable by the casting compound.
A method for filling an ignition unit with a casting compound, the method comprising:
- predefining a quantity of a casting compound;
- and
- casting the predefined quantity of the casting compound into an upper cavity of an electronics module of the ignition unit, so that a part of the quantity of the casting compound runs via an overflow of the upper cavity into a lower cavity of an ignition coil unit of the ignition unit;
- wherein the ignition unit includes:
- the ignition coil unit, which has an ignition coil and an ignition coil housing;
- and
- the electronics module, which includes a housing having a receptacle for an electronics assembly, the housing having a mechanical interface for fastening on an ignition coil housing, wherein the mechanical interface includes a collar, which is connected to the housing, and which is integrally joinable to the casting compound to be filled into the ignition coil housing;
- wherein the ignition coil housing and the housing of the electronics module are nested via the mechanical interface and are integrally joinable by the casting compound.
The method of claim 14, wherein the overflow of the upper cavity opens into a filling channel, which connects a housing of the electronics module and an ignition coil housing of the ignition coil unit to one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.