Method for producing an electro-optical interface, electro-optical interface, and control unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10180550-B2
Application number	US-201815914415-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 7, 2018
Priority date	Sep 8, 2015
Publication date	Jan 15, 2019
Grant date	Jan 15, 2019

Abstract

A method for producing a lateral connection of an electro-optical interface is specified. In the method, a printed circuit board having a non-curved center plane is provided. An electro-optical component and an electrical component are arranged and oriented with respect to one another in a connection region. A first section of the printed circuit board is deformed in such a way that the center plane encloses an angle with the non-deformed layer in the region of the first section. An electro-optical interface and a control device are also specified.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for producing a lateral connection of an electro-optical interface for a control device in a vehicle, the method comprising: providing a printed circuit board which has a non-curved, planar center plane, wherein a non-deformed layer is defined by the center plane; arranging an electro-optical component in a connection region of the printed circuit board; arranging an electrical component in the connection region and orienting the electro-optical component and the electrical component with respect to one another; inserting the electro-optical component into a depression in the electrical component, the depression being provided for receiving the electro-optical component; and deforming, by bending, a bending region of the printed circuit board in such a way that, after the deforming, the center plane encloses an angle with the non-deformed layer in the region of the connection region, wherein the angle has a value between 10° and 170°, wherein the electrical component is a plug, and the orienting step comprises orienting the electro-optical component in such a way that light, which is at least one of emerging from and received by the electro-optical component, is guided through the plug, wherein the electro-optical component is a surface-mounted component, the electro-optical component comprises a diode, and wherein the electrical component is configured as a solder plug or as a press-fit plug.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the angle has a value between 50° and 120°.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the angle has a value between 80° and 100°.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the deforming takes place in the bending region which is defined by a material weakness in the printed circuit board or by an arrangement of a flexible material.

5. An electro-optical interface for a control device of a vehicle, comprising: a printed circuit board, wherein the printed circuit board has at least one connection region and a main region; at least one electro-optical component; and at least one electrical component, wherein the at least one electro-optical component and the at least one electrical component are connected to the printed circuit board and oriented with respect to one another in the connection region, wherein a center plane of the printed circuit board in the connection region encloses an angle with a center plane of the printed circuit board in the main region, wherein the angle has a value between 10° and 170°, wherein the electro-optical component is a surface-mounted component, the electro-optical component comprises a diode, the electrical component is a plug, the electro-optical component is received in a recess of the plug, the plug and the electro-optical component are oriented in such a way that light, which at least one of emerging from and received by the electro-optical component, is guided through the plug, and wherein the electrical component is a solder plug or a press-fit plug.

6. The electro-optical interface as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the angle has a value between 50° and 120°.

7. The electro-optical interface as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the angle has a value between 80° and 100°.

8. The electro-optical interface as claimed in claim 5 , further comprising a sealing element arranged at least one of between the electrical component and the printed circuit board and between the electro-optical component and the printed circuit board.

9. The electro-optical interface as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the sealing element is an insert seal or a sprayed layer directly on at least one of the electrical component and the electro-optical component.

10. The electro-optical interface as claimed in 5 , wherein the control device is at least part of a ByteFlight bus system.

11. A vehicle control device, comprising: a housing; and an electro-optical interface arranged in the housing, the electro-optical interface comprising a printed circuit board, wherein the printed circuit board has at least one connection region and at least one main region; at least one electro-optical component; and at least one electrical component, wherein the at least one electro-optical component and the at least one electrical component are connected to the printed circuit board and oriented with respect to one another in the at least one connection region, wherein a center plane of the printed circuit board in the at least one connection region forms an angle with a center plane of the printed circuit board in the at least one main region, wherein the angle has a value between 10° and 170°, wherein the electro-optical component is a surface-mounted component, the electro-optical component comprises a diode, the electrical component is a plug, the electro-optical component is received in a recess of the plug, and the plug and the electro-optical component are oriented in such a way that light, which is at least one of emerging from and received by the electro-optical component, is guided through the plug, the plug being one of a solder plug and a press-fit plug.

12. The vehicle control device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the housing of the control device is closed in a fluid-tight manner.

13. The vehicle control device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the vehicle control device forms at least part of a ByteFlight bus system.

Assignees

• Continental Automotive Gmbh

Inventors

• Bagung Detlev
• Riepl Thomas

Classifications

• H05K2201/10189

  Non-printed connector · CPC title

• B60R16/023

  for transmission of signals between vehicle parts or subsystems · CPC title

• H05K3/284

  for encapsulating mounted components (H05K1/185 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H05K1/0393

  Flexible materials (H05K1/038 takes precedence; specific organic compositions are classified in H05K1/0313 and subgroups) · CPC title

• H05K1/028

  Bending or folding regions of flexible printed circuits (H05K1/0283 takes precedence) · CPC title