Electrohydraulic or electromechanical motor vehicle control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9598061-B2
Application number	US-201314441314-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 29, 2013
Priority date	Nov 9, 2012
Publication date	Mar 21, 2017
Grant date	Mar 21, 2017

Abstract

The invention relates to an electrohydraulic and/or electromechanical motor vehicle control device (I), in particular for a motor vehicle brake system, including an electronic control unit ( 4 ), which is connected to a hydraulic unit ( 3 ) or at least to one electrically conductive housing part. The electronic control unit includes at least one first circuit board ( 5 ) for accommodating electrical or electronic components and includes at least one connecting plug ( 8 ), which electronic control unit is further characterized in that at least one electrically conductive connecting contact ( 6 ) is provided, which is connected to at least one electrically conductive fastening means ( 8 ) in such a way that there is an electrically conductive connection between the electrically conductive main body of the hydraulic unit ( 3 ) and/or the housing part and the reference potential of the circuit board ( 5 ) of the electronic control unit ( 4 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electrohydraulic or electromechanical motor vehicle control device for a motor vehicle brake system, comprising an electronic control unit which is connected to a hydraulic unit or to an electrically conductive housing part, wherein the electronic control unit includes at least one first printed circuit board for holding electrical or electronic components and further having at least one contact pin, and at least one electrically conductive connecting contact which contacts the first printed circuit board, the connecting contact contacting a screw fastener extending from the hydraulic unit or the housing part such that an electrically conductive connection is established between the hydraulic unit or the electrically conductive housing part and the a reference potential of the printed circuit board of the electronic control unit, the electronic control unit having a shaped portion forming a bore receiving the screw fastener, the bore having a notch for receiving at least a portion of the connecting contact in order to form the conductive connection.

2. The electrohydraulic or electromechanical motor vehicle control device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising in that the screw fastener is provided in a recess in a main body of the hydraulic unit or in the housing part, wherein the screw fastener is electrically conductively connected to the main body of the hydraulic unit or to the housing part.

3. The electrohydraulic or electromechanical motor vehicle control device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising in that the bore of the electronic control unit cooperates with the screw fastener in order to provide mechanical fixing.

4. The electrohydraulic or electromechanical motor vehicle control device as claimed in claim 2 further comprising in that the screw fastener is in the form of a self-tapping or a metric screw having a screw head, wherein the screw head rests on a projection in the recess in the main body of the hydraulic unit or in the housing part, on a side which is opposite from the electronic control unit.

5. The electrohydraulic or electromechanical motor vehicle control device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising in that the connecting contact is electrically conductively connected to the printed circuit board by at least one press-in contact.

6. The electrohydraulic or electromechanical motor vehicle control device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising in that a reference electrical potential connection for forming a high-current connection to a main body of the hydraulic unit or to the housing part, the reference electrical potential connection connecting a reference electrical potential of the motor vehicle to the main body of the hydraulic unit or to the housing part.

7. The electrohydraulic or electromechanical motor vehicle control device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising in that the screw fastener mechanically fixes a housing of an electrical motor unit to a main body of the hydraulic unit or to the housing part.

8. The electrohydraulic or electromechanical motor vehicle control device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising wherein the recess lies adjacent to the bore and is positioned such that the connecting contact extends along a line parallel to and displaced from the axis of the bore.

9. The electrohydraulic or electromechanical motor vehicle control device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising wherein the notch retains the connecting contact before the screw fastener is inserted into the bore.

10. The electrohydraulic or electromechanical motor vehicle control device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising the connecting contact forming a shoulder which controls the depth of insertion of the connecting contact within the notch of the bore.

11. The electrohydraulic or electromechanical motor vehicle control device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising the electrical connection between the fastening screw and the connecting contact occurring at one or more contacts of threads of the fastening screw in contact with the connecting contact.

Assignees

• Continental Teves Ag & Co Ohg

Inventors

• Heise Andreas

Classifications

• H01R4/308

  Conductive members located parallel to axis of screw · CPC title

• B60T8/368 Primary

  combined with other mechanical components, e.g. pump units, master cylinders · CPC title

• H05K5/0047

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

• H01R13/207

  by screw-in connection · CPC title

• B60T8/17 Primary

  Using electrical or electronic regulation means to control braking {(detecting or indicating faulty operation B60T8/885)} · CPC title