Electronic control unit having rivet fixture

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10021796-B2
Application number	US-201615373829-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 9, 2016
Priority date	Dec 9, 2015
Publication date	Jul 10, 2018
Grant date	Jul 10, 2018

Abstract

An electronic control unit according to the present invention includes an electronic control element which includes a printed circuit board that electrically controls respective components of a vehicle, and a heat radiating portion that is provided at one side of the printed circuit board, a housing which accommodates the electronic control element, a connector which connects the electronic control element and the vehicle, a sealing unit which seals a connecting portion between the electronic control element and the connector, and a fixing bracket, and further includes a rivet fastening means in order to fastened the housing and the fixing bracket.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic control unit comprising:
a housing having an internal space in which a printed circuit board for electrically controlling respective components of a vehicle is mounted,
wherein a rivet fixture mounting unit, which is separated from the internal space, is integrally formed on the housing, and a rivet fixture is coupled to the rivet fixture mounting unit, and
wherein the rivet fixture mounting unit has a container shape separated from the internal space, and is provided on the housing.

2. The electronic control unit of claim 1 , wherein screw threads are formed on an inner circumferential surface of the rivet fixture.

3. The electronic control unit of claim 1 , wherein the housing is extruded to have a predetermined profile, and the rivet fixture mounting unit is extruded together with the housing.

4. The electronic control unit of claim 1 , wherein a fixing bracket, which fixes the electronic control unit to a vehicle side, is fixed to the housing by coupling a bolt to the rivet fixture.

Assignees

• Hyundai Autron Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yang Sun Jae
• Lee Jun Ho

Classifications

• H05K7/1427

  Housings · CPC title

• H05K5/0073 Primary

  having specific features for mounting the housing on an external structure · CPC title

• H01R13/5202

  Sealing means between parts of housing or between housing part and a wall, e.g. sealing rings · CPC title

• B60R16/02

  electric {constitutive elements} · CPC title

• H05K7/1402

  for securing or extracting printed circuit boards · CPC title