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Patent US6493232 - Housing for an electronic control device in vehicles - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsA housing for an electronic control device in vehicles comprises a bottom part (10) which has a metallic baseplate (12), and a cover part (14) made of plastic. The bottom part (10) has a front wall (16) made of plastic that rises up from the baseplate and to which a plug collar (18) is integrally molded....http://www.google.com/patents/US6493232?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6493232 - Housing for an electronic control device in vehiclesAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS6493232 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 09/907,347Publication dateDec 10, 2002Filing dateJul 17, 2001Priority dateJul 18, 2000Fee statusLapsedAlso published asDE10134639A1, DE10134639B4, DE20012623U1, US20020024800Publication number09907347, 907347, US 6493232 B2, US 6493232B2, US-B2-6493232, US6493232 B2, US6493232B2InventorsRobert SkofljanecOriginal AssigneeTrw Automotive Electronics & Components Gmbh & Co. KgExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (15), Referenced by (12), Classifications (12), Legal Events (5) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetHousing for an electronic control device in vehicles
US 6493232 B2Abstract
A housing for an electronic control device in vehicles comprises a bottom part (10) which has a metallic baseplate (12), and a cover part (14) made of plastic. The bottom part (10) has a front wall (16) made of plastic that rises up from the baseplate and to which a plug collar (18) is integrally molded. The plug collar (18) defines an accommodation for a contact pin carrier (28) formed as a flat strip with through holes for passing contact pins (32). The contact pin carrier (28) can be inserted into the plug collar (18) from inside of the housing.
The present invention relates to a housing for an electronic control device in vehicles, comprising a bottom part that has a metallic baseplate, and a cover part made of plastic.
Housings for electronic control devices in vehicles for occupant restraint systems, which are the subject matter of German Utility Model 29 918 914, are configured as composite bodies consisting of a plastic body part made by injection molding and of a metallic baseplate that is at least partially embedded in a plastic compound. A narrow front side of the housing is left open to be closed by a plug base that is directly fixed to a printed circuit board. With such embodiments, a variation of the printed circuit board design and fittings is usually associated with changes to the plug base and/or to the pin configuration of the plug.
The present invention provides a housing for electronic control devices in which a uniform design of the housing parts and of the plug collar allows considerable flexibility in terms of the design of the printed circuit board and the number of plug contacts.
Further advantages and features of the invention ensue from the following description of several embodiments and from the drawings to which reference is made. The drawings show the following:
FIG. 1—a perspective view of individual Components of the control device;
FIGS. 2 through 5—various embodiment variants of an electric ground bridge between the baseplate of the housing and a contact element fixed to the printed circuit board.
The housing of the control device consists of a bottom part 10 made of plastic with an embedded metal baseplate 12 and a cover part 14 made of plastic. The bottom part 10 has a front wall 16 that rises up from the baseplate 12 and to which a plug collar 18 is integrally molded. The front wall 16 is integrally molded with two side walls 20 which, in the assembled state, slope towards a back wall 22 of the housing. The back wall 22 of the housing is molded to the cover part 14 which, in turn, has two perpendicularly adjoining side walls 24 that are complementary to the side walls 20 of the bottom part 10. The metallic baseplate 12 projects beyond the front wall 16 and one side wall 20 of the bottom part 10 and has attachment openings 26 at its corners. A strip-shaped contact pin carrier 28 can be locked in place by means of locking elements (not shown here) in the plug collar 18. The contact pin carrier 28 has a plurality of through holes into which contact pins 32 are inserted. The contact pins 32 are soldered into a printed circuit board 30. The contact pin carrier 28 is also fixed to the printed circuit board 30 via the contact pins 32.
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