Patent ID: 8396631

Claim:
A controller for a motor vehicle comprising: a metallic carrier plate, with a top and a bottom, for receiving an electronic control circuit and for receiving at least one plastic component carrier with a component carrier foot, wherein the carrier plate is provided with dimension tolerances at least in a Z-direction and the component carrier foot is provided with dimension tolerances in an X/Y/Z-direction, wherein the carrier plate has a partially continuous recess through which the component carrier can be passed and which is further suitable for receiving the component carrier foot, wherein the plastic component carrier comprises a detent lug resiliently biased outwardly from a centerline of the component carrier, wherein prior to establishing a connection between the carrier plate and a system interface, the component carrier is locked to the carrier plate by the detent lug, in a region of the component carrier foot and with play, with the carrier plate in the recess, wherein dimensions of the recess in a region of the component carrier and in a region of the component carrier foot in an X/Y-direction correspond to maximum admissible dimensions of the component carrier and of the component carrier foot in the X/Y-direction, and wherein at least one pressing geometry is arranged in the Z-direction on the recess of the carrier plate or on the component carrier foot in such a manner that after establishing a positive-fit or non-positive connection between the carrier plate and the system interface, the pressing geometry or a part that is arranged opposite the pressing geometry is in such a deformed state that the component carrier foot is in the recess in a fixed state and without play.