Patent ID: 8264856

Claim:
A lightweight automotive electronic device comprising: at least one electronic circuit subassembly including a substantially planer circuit board defining front, rear and an opposed pair of side edges, said electronic circuit subassembly further including electrical components and circuit traces operatively carried with said circuit board, wherein said circuit board integrally forms an elongated resilient beam portion disposed adjacent one or more of the circuit board edges, said beam portion carrying an outwardly facing grounding pad electrically interconnected with said electrical components and circuit traces through a ground circuit trace dressed, at least in part, along the beam portion ;and a housing assembly substantially formed of a composite of relatively rigid, electrically insulating polymer based material and electrically conductive sheet-like material operable to substantially enclose and to shield said at least one electronic circuit subassembly from electrical anomalies including RFI (radio frequency interference), EMI (electromagnetic interference), BCI (bulk current injection) and/or ESD (electrostatic discharge), wherein said housing assembly includes at least one window formed therein, said window substantially closed by an inwardly exposed segment of said conductive material operative to effect electrical interconnection between said conductive material and said grounding pad.