Housing cover panel for accommodating plug-in modules

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9320165-B2
Application number	US-201314385547-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 14, 2013
Priority date	Mar 16, 2012
Publication date	Apr 19, 2016
Grant date	Apr 19, 2016

Abstract

A housing cover panel for a housing of a control unit is formed with apertures for accommodating plug-in modules. A kit includes the housing cover panel and the plug-in modules, a housing component with the housing cover panel and the plug-in modules, a housing with the housing component and a control unit with the housing.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A housing component, comprising:
a housing cover for a housing of a control unit, the housing cover having a plurality of plug modules and a housing cover panel formed with cutouts for receiving the plug modules, said housing cover panel having a connection side facing away from an interior of said housing cover;
at least one of said plug modules having a carrier body, said carrier body, on a side thereof facing said housing cover panel, being formed with a channel which, in a plan view of a side facing said housing cover panel, runs along an outer contour of said carrier body;
at least one of said cutouts being formed with a peripheral recess parallel to the edges of said at least one cutout on the connection side of said housing cover panel and a respective plug module being configured to sit on and to be fastened to said peripheral recess;
said cutout with said peripheral recess being associated with said at least one plug module having said carrier body with said channel, so that, in a mounted state of the housing component, an edge region of said carrier body that runs around said channel, engages in said recess, and a section of said housing cover panel formed between said cutout and said recess engages in said channel; and
an amount of sealing compound disposed in said peripheral recess for sealing said plug modules that are arranged on said housing cover panel with respect to said housing cover panel.

2. The housing cover according to claim 1 , wherein said cutouts have mutually different sizes and/or cross sections.

3. The housing cover according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of said cutouts has a rectangular cross section.

4. The housing component according to claim 1 , wherein each of said plug modules comprises a plurality of electrical connecting elements extending through said cutouts in said housing cover panel.

5. A housing for a control device of a motor vehicle, comprising a housing component according to claim 1 .

6. A control device for a motor vehicle, comprising the housing according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Continental Automotive Gmbh

Inventors

• Gruber Robert

Classifications

• H05K5/0065

  wherein modules are associated together, e.g. electromechanical assemblies, modular structures · CPC title

• H05K5/03 Primary

  Covers · CPC title

• H05K5/0047

  having a two-part housing enclosing a PCB · CPC title

• H01R13/60

  Means for supporting coupling part when not engaged · CPC title

• H05K5/0069 Primary

  having connector relating features for connecting the connector pins with the PCB or for mounting the connector body with the housing · CPC title