Patent ID: 6188019
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
A plastic housing receiving an electrical printed circuit board comprising a mounting flange having an opening and a metal insert in the mounting flange, so that the plastic housing is fixed to a metal carrier body at the mounting flange by a mechanical connecting means and the housing further comprising electrical connecting means for electrically connecting an electrical printed circuit board terminal to the metal insert and in turn to the metal carrier body via said insert, wherein the circuit board is located generally inside the housing and the metal insert is located generally outside the housing, and the electrical connecting means comprises a connecting piece separate from the circuit board connected mechanically and electrically to the metal insert, and wherein the housing comprises plastic material injection molded around the connecting piece and the connecting piece comprises a projecting portion that projects through the housing to the metal insert, and the connecting piece further comprises a contact pin that electrically contacts the circuit board.