# US 2020/0288587 A1 · Component assembly including a connection between two components

> Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt

- Number: US 2020/0288587 A1
- Document ID: US20200288587A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/806,055
- Filed: 2020-03-02
- Published: 2020-09-10
- Earliest claimed: 2019-03-06
- Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH
- Applicants: Robert Bosch GmbH
- Inventors: Andreas Moehrle; Hans-Georg Drotleff
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200288587A1

## CPC

- H05K 5/0069: {having connector relating features for connecting the connector pins with the PCB or for mounting the connector body with the housing}
- H05K 7/1417: {having securing means for mounting boards, plates or wiring boards (H05K7/1461 takes precedence)}
- H04N 23/51: Housings
- H05K 1/0284: {Details of three-dimensional rigid printed circuit boards (H05K1/119 takes precedence; shaping of the substrate H05K3/0014)}
- H05K 3/0058: {Laminating printed circuit boards onto other substrates, e.g. metallic substrates (H05K1/0281 takes precedence)}
- H05K 2201/09063: Holes or slots in insulating substrate not used for electrical connections
- H05K 2201/0999: Circuit printed on or in housing, e.g. housing as PCB; Circuit printed on the case of a component; PCB affixed to housing
- H05K 2203/0195: Tool for a process not provided for in H05K3/00, e.g. tool for handling objects using suction, for deforming objects, for applying local pressure
- H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

A component assembly that includes a connection between two components, in particular an electronic circuit board and a housing. The connection includes a pin-shaped connector via which the electronic circuit board is held on the housing, and the pin-shaped connector in a passage of the housing being connected to the housing via a housing caulking. The pin-shaped connector, in the area of the housing caulking, includes a recess that cooperates with the housing caulking in such a way that the pin-shaped connecting means is held in the passage.

## Claims

### Claim at position 1

1-9. (canceled)

### Claim 10

A component assembly, comprising:
an electronic circuit board;
a housing; and
a connection connecting the electronic circuit board and the housing, the connection including a pin-shaped connector via which the electronic circuit board is held on the housing, the pin-shaped connector, in a passage of the housing, being connected to the housing via a housing caulking, wherein the pin-shaped connector includes, in an area of the housing caulking, a recess that cooperates with the housing caulking in such a way that the pin-shaped connector is held in the passage.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The component assembly as recited in claim 10, wherein the recess on the pin-shaped connector forms a conical area, a diverging end of the conical area being oriented toward a free end of the pin-shaped connector facing away from the electronic circuit board.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The component assembly as recited in claim 10, wherein the recess on the pin-shaped connector forms a cylindrical area, a ridge being formed on an end of the recess facing away from the electronic circuit board.

### Claim 13 (depends on 10)

The component assembly as recited in claim 10, wherein the pin-shaped connector has knurling in the area of the housing caulking.

### Claim 14 (depends on 10)

The component assembly as recited in claim 10, wherein the pin-shaped connector is situated in a borehole of the electronic circuit board.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The component assembly as recited in claim 14, wherein the pin-shaped connector, in the area of the electronic circuit board, includes a connecting section having a larger diameter, that is situated eccentrically with respect to the pin-shaped connector.

### Claim 16 (depends on 10)

The component assembly as recited in claim 10, wherein the housing includes at least one groove that forms an intermediate area with respect to the pin-shaped connector, the housing caulking being formed on the intermediate area.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The component assembly as recited in claim 16, wherein the groove is, at least in part, an annular groove.

### Claim 18

A camera module, comprising:
a component assembly including an electronic circuit board, a housing, and a connection connecting the electronic circuit board and the housing, the connection including a pin-shaped connector via which the electronic circuit board is held on the housing, the pin-shaped connector, in a passage of the housing, being connected to the housing via a housing caulking, wherein the pin-shaped connector includes, in an area of the housing caulking, a recess that cooperates with the housing caulking in such a way that the pin-shaped connector is held in the passage.