Electronic control apparatus
AssigneeFujitsu Ten Limited
InventorTakashi OGITANI
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Abstract
An electronic control apparatus includes a connector cover that: closes a first aperture; and has a second aperture through which a first side of a connector extends. The connector cover includes a covering wall that covers at least a second side of the connector that faces a second direction. Thus, since the connector is covered by the covering wall, it is possible to prevent a foreign object, dust, etc. from entering the case.
Claims10
An electronic control apparatus that electronically controls a controlled object, the electronic control apparatus comprising:
- a case that includes a first aperture on a surface that faces in a first direction;
- a first electronic circuit board that slides into the case through the first aperture so as to be inserted into the case;
- a connector that is mounted on an end portion of the first electronic circuit board, the end portion being an end of the first electronic circuit board facing in the first direction, the connector having first and second oppositely facing sides, the first side of the connector having a terminal facing the first direction, the second side of the connector facing in a second direction opposite the first direction;
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- a lid that closes the first aperture, the lid having a second aperture through which the first side of the connector extends, wherein
- the lid includes a covering wall that covers at least the second side of the connector that faces the second direction.
A method for producing an electronic control apparatus that includes a case having a first aperture on a surface that faces in a first direction, the method comprising:
- (a) sliding a first electronic circuit board into the case through the first aperture;
- (b) mounting a connector on an end portion of the first electronic circuit board, the end portion being an end of the first electronic circuit board facing in the first direction, the connector having first and second oppositely facing sides, the first side of the connector having a terminal facing the first direction;
- the second side of the connector facing in a second direction opposite the first direction;
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- (c) closing the first aperture of the case with a lid having a second aperture through which the first side of the connector extends, wherein
- the lid includes a covering wall that covers at least the second side of the connector that faces the second direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.