US5118903A
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Tightly-closing housing for an electronic circuit, particularly for a control device of an internal combustion engine
Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
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Filing: 1990-09-28
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Granted: 1992-06-02
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Expires: 2010-09-28
Abstract
Abstract The housing for an electronic circuit provided with a connection plug, particularly for control electronics of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle, includes a frame, to which a printed circuit board having the electronic circuit is fastened, and a heat sink, the power components of the electronic circuit being positionally adjacent the heat sink so as to be able to transfer heat to the heat sink during operation of the electronic circuit board. The frame is constructed as an injection molded plastic frame (2) with a heat sink (14) including at least one built-in heat conducting crosspiece (13) having one end (15) and another end (17). The one end (15) has a component assembly surface (16) located in the housing interior and the other end (17) is constructed as a heat removing element (18) extending from the frame (2) toward the exterior (FIGS. 1 and 2). The power components are located next to the component assembly surface (16).
Inventors
- 👤 Karl Schupp
- 👤 Dieter Karr
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 00:11
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05K; H05K7/00; H05K7/20; H05K7/20845; H05K7/20854; B; B29; B29C; B29C65/00; B29C65/02; B29C65/18; B29C66/00; B29C66/50; B29C66/51; B29C66/54; B29L; B29L2031/00; B29L2031/34; B29L2031/3425
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
155 words
In a housing for an electronic circuit provided with power components, particularly for control electronics of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle, comprising a frame, to which a printed circuit board having the electronic circuit is fastened, and a heat sink, the power components of the electronic circuit being positionally adjacent said heat sink so as to be able to transfer heat to said heat sink during operation of the electronic circuit, and a cover which encloses the printed circuit board, the improvement wherein the frame is constructed as an injection molded plastic frame (2) with a heat sink (14) including at least one built-in heat conducting crosspiece (13) having one end (15) and another end (17), wherein the one end (15) has a component assembly surface (16) located in a housing interior and the other end (17) is constructed as a heat removing element (18) extending from the frame (2) toward the exterior.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
155 words
In a housing for an electronic circuit provided with power components, particularly for control electronics of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle, comprising a frame, to which a printed circuit board having the electronic circuit is fastened, and a heat sink, the power components of the electronic circuit being positionally adjacent said heat sink so as to be able to transfer heat to said heat sink during operation of the electronic circuit, and a cover which encloses the printed circuit board, the improvement wherein the frame is constructed as an injection molded plastic frame (2) with a heat sink (14) including at least one built-in heat conducting crosspiece (13) having one end (15) and another end (17), wherein the one end (15) has a component assembly surface (16) located in a housing interior and the other end (17) is constructed as a heat removing element (18) extending from the frame (2) toward the exterior.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
The improvement as defined in claim 1, wherein the heat removing element (18) is constructed as a housing fastening connection (20).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
The improvement as defined in claim 2, wherein the housing fastening connection (20) comprises a flange (23') provided with a bore hole (19) for a fastening element.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
The improvement as defined in claim 1, further comprising a connection plug (26) for the electronic circuit built into the injection molded plastic frame (2).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
The improvement as defined in claim 4, wherein the plastic frame (2) includes injected molded snap-in projections (34) which can snap into bore holes (38) provided in the printed circuit board (23).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
46 words
The improvement as defined in claim 4, further comprising metal pins (24) built-in the injection molded plastic frame (2), said metal pins engaging in bore holes (25) provided in the printed circuit board (23) and being bendable to hold the printed circuit board (23) in place.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
44 words
The improvement as defined in claim 1, wherein the injection molded plastic frame (2) has upper and lower sides (3,4) and the cover comprises two plastic housing shells (5,6) connected with the upper and lower sides (3,4) of the injection molded plastic frame (2).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
15 words
The improvement as defined in claim 7, wherein the plastic housing shells (5,6) are metallized.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
The improvement as defined in claim 7, wherein the plastic housing shells (5,6) are connected to the upper and lower sides (3,4) of the plastic frame (2) by welding.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
55 words
The improvement as defined in claim 6, wherein the bore holes (25) are provided in metallized areas of the printed circuit board (23) and said metal pins (24) in the bore holes (25), which are bent to hold the circuit board in place, are secured to the metallized areas of the circuit board by soldering.
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