Patent ID: 6839240
Filing Date: 2005-01-04
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
1. Apparatus comprising an electronic control device for a motor vehicle, and a housing for said electronic control device, said housing comprising a generally parallelepipedal frame of plastics and a metallic envelope with spaced parallel top and bottom walls, parallel side walls interconnecting said parallel top and bottom walls and at least one open face, said top, bottom and side walls defining a space and said frame being fitted into said space, said control device comprising at least one printed circuit board and electronic components connected to said printed circuit board and engaged in shaped holding structures of said frame, said printed circuit board being located between said bottom wall and at least a part of said frame, and said printed circuit board being rigidly connected to said metallic envelope by metallic fasteners extending from said top wall through said frame and to said printed circuit board.