Patent ID: 8520392

Claim:
An electronic control unit ( 7 ) comprising: a conductor board ( 12 ) made of a flexible substrate and defining at least one conducting path and at least one cut ( 13 ) of said conductor board ( 12 ), said cut comprising a first elongated portion which extends from an edge of the conductor board and terminates at a second slit portion which is perpendicular to the first elongated portion, the first elongated portion and second slit portion defining a T shape; and a basic body ( 11 ) made of a thermally and electrically conductive material, thermally and electrically coupled to said conductor board ( 12 ), and defining at least one elongated groove ( 15 ) that acts as a bending area ( 15 ) of said basic body ( 11 ) and expands over substantially an entire width of said basic body ( 11 ) and is substantially aligned under of said cut ( 13 ) of said conductor board ( 12 ) and a flat projection of said basic body ( 11 ) onto which said flexible substrate is fastened, wherein a basic-body-conductor-board unit is formed before said conductor board is assembled with at least one electronic component ( 16 ) and said basic-body-conductor-board unit is re-shaped into a desired geometry after said assembly of said conductor board ( 12 ) with said electronic component ( 16 ).