Patent ID: 6956303

Claim:
An electronic control device for controlling electric units of equipment variants of a motor vehicle door, the control device comprising a printed circuit-board having a base zone and adjacent to the base zone at least one side zone, the circuit-board comprising an assembly of electronic components which are arranged in a housing and contactable with a cable assembly using plug-in connectors, wherein for one equipment variant of the vehicle door, the device includes at least the base zone, and for at least a second equipment variant of the door, the device includes the base zone and at least one side zone, of which the base zone of the printed circuit-board of the at least two equipment variants comprises an identical assembly of electronic components for controlling an identical electric base unit of the at least two equipment variants of the vehicle door, and the at least one side zone comprises an assembly of components that interact with the base zone for controlling an electric unit of the vehicle door different from the electric base unit, wherein the printed circuit-board of one equipment variant is spatially integrated into a housing of a unit which is to be controlled while the printed circuit-board of another equipment variant is arranged in a separate housing.