Patent ID: 7045712

Claim:
An electronic device comprising electronic components arranged on a mechanically-stable, self-supporting, stamped sheet-metal part and electrically connected to one another by said part, the stamped sheet-metal part and the electronic components being encapsulated in a thermoplastic, insulating material by an injection-molding process, wherein the stamped sheetmetal part ( 2 ) has at least one region ( 3 ) serving as a shield for protecting an electronic component from heated thermoplastic, insulating material, and the electronic components ( 4 ) are arranged downstream of the stamped sheet-metal part ( 2 ) in a common direction, which direction is suitable as a direction of injection pressure ( 9 ) during an injection-molding process of the heated, thermoplastic, insulating material ( 5 ) to enable the shielding from the heated material.