Patent ID: 8305773
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: B21D,H04B,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An automotive electronic system housing assembly comprising: a hydroformed three-dimensional case configured to define a substantially closed cavity, said case formed of a layered coalesced composite of inner and outer sheets of relatively rigid two-dimensional polymer sheet material and an intermediate sheet of electrically conductive two-dimensional material operative to shield an electronic component carried within said cavity from electrical anomalies, said case reconfigured from a substantially two-dimensional form to a three-dimensional form by a hydroform process and defining upper and lower clamshell-shaped case halves including integral standoff features operative to mount said electronic component within said cavity in a spaced relationship from said inner polymer sheet and to establish an electrically conductive ground path between said electronic component and said sheet of electrically conductive material, said case further comprising integral engagement features operative to self-engage associated guide features to mount said housing assembly within a host automobile, said upper and lower case halves integrally interconnected along a common edge thereof by a living hinge and forming outwardly extending longitudinal flanges operative, when said case is in said three-dimensional form, to cooperatively define left and right mounting guides.