Patent ID: 7729117
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: B60R,F28D,F28F,H05K

Abstract:
1. A housing for electronic control units, wherein the housing is situated in a motor vehicle, the housing comprising: a bottom section configured to be affixed to a circuit board; and a cooling device for enabling heat to be dissipated from the housing via a liquid flowing therethrough, wherein the cooling device is integrally formed in the bottom section, and wherein the bottom section is formed as a cooling plate, and wherein the cooling device includes at least one one-piece cooling tube integrally formed in the bottom section and extending substantially across the length of the bottom section, wherein an interior channel of the one-piece cooling tube is enclosed relative to the bottom section, wherein the entire bottom section including the one-piece cooling tube is formed of a single structural component without joining seams, and wherein sectional members are provided on the outside of the one-piece cooling tube, the sectional members extending diagonally from the one-piece cooling tube to at least one fastening point.