Patent ID: 7697300

Claim:
An electronic unit, comprising: a printed circuit board having a central region populated with electronic components on both sides thereof, and an edge region adjoining said central region; a housing enclosing said printed circuit board, said housing having a housing floor and a housing cover connected to said housing floor, said housing floor formed with a first surface having an outer region, a continuous wall surrounding said outer region of said first surface, and a raised second surface being raised with respect to said first surface, said wall extending from said first surface to said raised second surface, said first surface extending in a first direction from said continuous wall, said raised second surface extending in a second direction from said continuous wall, said second direction being opposite the first direction; said central region of said printed circuit board being disposed spaced apart from said housing and said edge region being connected to said raised second surface of said housing floor via a heat-conducting adhesive layer; said housing cover having an edge formed with an annularly continuous projection engaging into a corresponding groove formed in said raised second surface of said housing floor, said projection and said groove together forming a groove-and-projection connection and being glued to one another.