Electrical unit
AssigneeAutoliv Development AB
InventorsPascal Hugaud, Thomas Mauger
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Abstract
An electrical unit (1) having a housing (5) having a first wall (7) and a circuit board (3) mounted inside the housing (5), wherein an inner side (7a) of the first wall (7) is provided with a mounting arrangement (17) for holding an electrical component (45). An outer side (7b) of the first wall (7) is provided with a disassembling marking (53, 55, 57) which corresponds to an outer boundary (65, 67, 69) of a mounting arrangement foundation designating a portion of the first wall which may be cut or removed upon disassembly of the electrical unit (39, 41, 43).
Claims11
An electrical unit comprising;
- a housing having a first wall and
- a circuit board mounted inside the housing,
- wherein an inner side of the first wall is provided with a mounting arrangement for holding an electrical component,
- an outer side of the first wall is provided with a disassembling marking which corresponds to an outer boundary of a mounting arrangement foundation designating portions of the first wall which may be cut or removed to release the electrical component.
A method of opening an electrical unit comprising:
- providing a housing having a first wall and a circuit board mounted inside the housing, wherein an inner side of the first wall is provided with a mounting arrangement for holding an electrical component,
- cutting along a cutting pattern (59, 61, 63) arranged on an outer side of the first wall and corresponding to an outer boundary of a mounting arrangement foundation, until the retaining function of the mounting arrangement is destroyed, and
- removing the first wall to allow inspection of the electrical component of the electrical unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.