Electronic control device and jig device therefor having casing inclination compensating part
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorsFujio Sahara, Toshio Fujimura, Manabu Shigemura
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Abstract
Ribs are unitarily formed on an outer wall surface of a casing to compensate for an inclination of an inner wall surface corresponding to a draw angle provided for molding the inner wall surface. The direction of pins of a casing connector which connects an electronic control circuit of a printed circuit board accommodated within the casing to external wiring coincides with the direction of insertion of a checker connector. Alternatively, a protrusion or recess may be formed on a jig device on which the casing is placed for connection to an operation checking apparatus.
Claims12
A combination comprising:
- an electronic control device having a printed circuit board, a casing having a pair of non-parallel side walls to accommodate the printed circuit board therebetween and an opening at a top end surface of the casing, and a casing connector mounted on the printed circuit board near the opening, the casing connector being held in non-parallel relation with the side walls;
- a jig device having a plane to hold the electronic control device thereon so that the casing connector may be connectable to a checker connector held movably for checking an operation of the electronic control device by a checking apparatus;
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- an inclination compensating part provided on one of the electronic control device and the jig device to maintain the casing connector and the checker connector in a non-inclined relation therebetween.
A method for connecting an electronic control device to a jig device, the electronic control device including a printed circuit board, a casing having a pair of non-parallel side walls to accommodate the printed circuit board therebetween and an opening at a top end surface of the casing, and a casing connector mounted on the printed circuit board near the opening, the casing connector being held in non-parallel relation with the side walls, said jig device including a plane to hold the electronic control device thereon so that the casing connector may be connectable to a check connector fixed for checking an operation of the electronic control device by a checking apparatus, said method comprising:
- maintaining a non-inclined relation between the casing connector and the checker connector by providing an inclination compensating part on one of the electronic control device and the jig device;
- and
- causing a relative movement between the jig device and the electronic control device in a direction in which the casing connector and the checker connector face each other to connect the check connector with the casing connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.