Patent ID: 8488324

Claim:
An electric control unit, comprising: a printed circuit board substrate; an electronic circuit situated on the substrate, the electronic circuit including multiple electrical components interconnected by printed conductors of the printed circuit board substrate; a housing having at least one housing part covering the electrical components on the printed circuit board substrate; and at least one device plug connector part electrically connected to the electrical components; wherein the device plug connector part is situated on a section of the same printed circuit board substrate not covered by the at least one housing part, and wherein electrical connections between the electrical components and the device plug connector part are established by printed conductors of the printed circuit board substrate, and wherein at least one contact point for an additional electrical component is situated on the same printed circuit board substrate at a location outside the section covered by the at least one housing part and outside the section of the printed circuit board substrate provided with the device plug connector part, wherein the at least one contact point is electrically connected to an electrohydraulic actuator via a conductive spring contact located on a bottom side of the printed circuit board.