Patent ID: 7349227
Filing Date: 2008-03-25
Classification: B60R,H01R,H05K

Abstract:
1. An electronic control device comprising: a substrate block including at least three rigid substrates which are serially connected via electrically conductive members to form a three-dimensional structure, two rigid substrates, each being positioned at one of both ends of said substrate block and each including mounting connectors to be coupled to connectors of external connection objects; a casing having a plurality of partition plates dividing an inside space of the casing into a plurality of small spaces for accommodating said rigid substrates of said substrate block such that said connectors of the rigid substrate positioned at each end of said substrate block are each exposed outside the casing at least at portions where said connectors are coupled with external connection objects; and a heat-generating component mounted on at least one of the rigid substrates other than said two rigid substrates positioned at respective ends of the substrate block, said casing and said partition plates being made of metal to facilitate uniform temperature distribution in said electronic control device, and said heat-generating component being in contact with a respective partition plate via a material having thermal conductivity higher than thermal conductivity of air so as to transfer heat from said heat-generating component to work the outside of said casing.