Patent ID: 6575782
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A modular central electrical unit for motor vehicles, comprising:an electrically insulating base module having electrical plug-in locations formed on an outer wall of the base module for receiving an electrical and/or an electromechanical functional unit; an electrical cable comprising a voltage distribution rail (5) which extends from the base module (1), the electrical plug-in locations being connected to one another and to the electrical cable and/or an electrical functional unit received by a plug-in location; at least one of a plurality of auxiliary modules each of which provides an electrical and/or an electromechanical function, each of the auxiliary modules comprising a housing of insulating material, the housing having a mechanical mating face and an electrical mating face; wherein one of the auxiliary modules is mechanically attached directly or via second of the auxiliary modules to the base module by the mechanical mating face, the distribution rail providing electrical connection between the base module and the one auxiliary module by engaging the electrical mating face to the electrical plug-in location.