Patent ID: 6155856
Filing Date: 2000-12-05
Classification: B60T,H01R

Abstract:
An electronic control unit which comprises:a unit housing of one-piece structure having a connector casing and a circuit casing both formed integrally therewith, said unit housing having a partition wall positioned between the connector and circuit casings and having an insertion aperture of a predetermined shape defined in the partition wall;a printed circuit board fixedly accommodated within the circuit casing; andat least one connector terminal adapted to be electrically connected to the printed circuit board and constrained by the unit housing;said at least one connector terminal having a fixing portion, a buffering portion and a connecting portion both defined therein along a length thereof and held in position in the unit housing with the fixing portion press-fitted through the insertion aperture and then constrained by an entire peripheral surface defining the insertion aperture said connecting portion is fixed to said printed circuit board, said buffering portion being located generally intermediate between the fixing and connecting portions thereof, said buffering portion effective to absorb an external stress applied to the at least one connector terminal; anda projective shape of the fixing and buffering portions of the at least one connector terminal in a direction conforming to the direction of press-fitting thereof being so chosen as to be encompassed within the predetermined shape of the insertion aperture.