Protectively covered mounting for a plug-in electronic apparatus of a motor vehicle
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsEduard Lochbrunner, Dietmar Schnepf
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Abstract
An insulating cover forms two wiring cavities over a heat-sink base plate, between which cavities a conductor pattern plate mounted on the base plate extends. The cover also provides an integral connector shell. The larger part of the base plate is within a first wiring cavity in which circuit components are mounted on the base plate and bonded by wires to the conducting pattern plate. The second wiring cavity encloses contact springs affixed to the connector means and soldered to the pattern plate and this cavity is closed off with a cover plate that snaps into place. The protection so provided for the apparatus is adequate for the conditions in a motor vehicle engine compartment.
Claims9
A protectively covered mounting for a plug-in electronic control apparatus of a motor vehicle that comprises electronic components, which mounting comprises:
- a base plate (1) of thermally conducting material on which said electronic components (3,4) are fixedly mounted;
- a conductor pattern plate (5) likewise fixedly mounted on said base plate (1);
- a cover (2) covering a portion of said base plate (1) so as to form first (19) and second (20) wiring cavities on opposite sides of a wall of said cover which is substantially perpendicular to said base plate (1) and having plug connectors (13,22) held therein and also a recess for accepting a mating connector (15) insertable into said recess from outside of said cover, said recess having no part thereof adjacent to said base plate (1), said plug connectors having their control apparatus ends extending into said second wiring cavity (20) and their other ends extending into said recess (14);
- electronic components on said base plate in said first wiring cavity, and--.
- a cover plate (24) removably covering said second wiring cavity with one edge of said cover plate adjacent to said base plate (1) and the other edges thereof adjacent to walls of said cover (2).
A protectively covered mounting for a plug-in electronic control apparatus of a motor vehicle that comprises electronic components, which mounting comprises:
- a base plate (1) of thermally conducting materials on which said electronic components (3,4) are fixedly mounted;
- a cover (2) covering a portion of said base plate (1) so as to form therewith first (19) and second (20) wiring cavities on opposite sides of a wall (18) of said cover and having plug connectors (13,22) held therein and also a recess (14) for guiding and accepting a mating connector (15), said plug connectors having their control apparatus ends extending into said second wiring cavity (20) and their other ends extending into said recess (14);
- electronic components on said base plate in said first wiring cavity;
- a conductor pattern plate (5) fixedly mounted on said base plate (1) and interposed between the edge of said wall (18) of said cover (2) and said base plate (1) so as to extend into both said first and second wiring cavities and to provide electrical connections between them, and
- a cover plate (24) removably covering said second wiring cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.