Patent ID: 7667971

Claim:
An electronic control device, comprising: a housing including opening portions each being disposed at a corresponding end portion, which housing is made of an insulating resin; a heat sink attached to one of the end portions of the housing; a power device disposed on the heat sink at a heat sink attachment surface and including power device terminals which extend away from the power device; a circuit board which is opposed to the heat sink, provided in the housing, and formed with an electronic circuit including a control circuit for controlling the power device; and a plurality of first conductive plates disposed in the housing, between the power device and the circuit board, for electrically connecting the circuit board with the power device terminals, wherein each of the plurality of first conductive plates includes a first press fit terminal press-fitted into a respective through hole formed in the circuit board, which plurality of first conductive plates is connected to the circuit board on a surface opposed to the heat sink and welded to the power device terminals on a surface proximate the heat sink.