Patent ID: 7952885

Claim:
A control apparatus, comprising: a circuit carrier; and a base plate having mounted thereon said circuit carrier; a plurality of flexible printed circuit boards mounted on said base plate; and a housing part having a cavity housing said circuit carrier; wherein said plurality of flexible printed circuit boards guided between said base plate and said housing part into the cavity; and wherein said plurality of flexible printed circuit boards is glued at least partly to said base plate by way of a liquid-resistant adhesive and sealed relative to said housing part by way of at least one gasket element, to prevent liquid from penetrating into said cavity; said plurality of flexible printed circuit boards at most partially, but not completely, surrounding said circuit carrier; said plurality of flexible printed circuit boards having conductor paths formed thereon connected to said circuit carrier; and said plurality of flexible printed circuit boards having shaped flexible boundary areas defining a smooth slope and a remaining transition zone to be permanently sealed by said at least one gasket element, wherein said plurality of flexible circuit boards are four separate flexible circuit boards each carrying the conductor paths.