Housing cover panel for accommodating plug-in modules

A housing component, comprising:

• a housing cover for a housing of a control unit, the housing cover having a plurality of plug modules and a housing cover panel formed with cutouts for receiving the plug modules, said housing cover panel having a connection side facing away from an interior of said housing cover;
• at least one of said plug modules having a carrier body, said carrier body, on a side thereof facing said housing cover panel, being formed with a channel which, in a plan view of a side facing said housing cover panel, runs along an outer contour of said carrier body;
• at least one of said cutouts being formed with a peripheral recess parallel to the edges of said at least one cutout on the connection side of said housing cover panel and a respective plug module being configured to sit on and to be fastened to said peripheral recess;
• said cutout with said peripheral recess being associated with said at least one plug module having said carrier body with said channel, so that, in a mounted state of the housing component, an edge region of said carrier body that runs around said channel, engages in said recess, and a section of said housing cover panel formed between said cutout and said recess engages in said channel;
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• an amount of sealing compound disposed in said peripheral recess for sealing said plug modules that are arranged on said housing cover panel with respect to said housing cover panel.