Patent ID: 7983046

Claim:
An electronic control module with enclosed power electronic devices, comprising: a thermally-conductive electronic control module case; a circuit board enclosed by said control module case; a thermally-conductive substrate oriented parallel to said circuit board and mounted in a molded housing disposed between said control module case and said circuit board, said substrate having an outboard surface facing said control module case and an inboard surface on which said power electronic devices are mounted; a heatsink mounted in said molded housing along with said substrate, said heatsink having an inboard face that is thermally coupled to the outboard face of said substrate, and an outboard face that is thermally coupled and mechanically affixed to an interior surface of said control module case; and a set of terminals protruding from an inboard face of said molded housing and extending into plated holes formed in said circuit board to electrically couple said power electronic devices to said circuit board, said terminals being provided with shoulders that limit their depth of insertion into said circuit board and establish a prescribed separation distance between said molded housing and said circuit board.