Adjusting drive, in particular window lifter drive

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9976333-B2
Application number	US-201113582519-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 3, 2011
Priority date	Mar 2, 2010
Publication date	May 22, 2018
Grant date	May 22, 2018

Abstract

The invention relates to an adjusting drive ( 1 ) comprising an electric motor ( 2 ), an output shaft ( 3 ), a printed circuit board ( 4 ), a housing ( 6 ) and a connection interface ( 5 ), wherein the electric motor ( 2 ) is contacted with the printed circuit board ( 4 ) and is designed to drive the output shaft ( 3 ), wherein the housing ( 6 ) accommodates the printed circuit board ( 4 ), wherein the connection interface ( 5 ) comprises a direct plug connection with contacting pads ( 9 ) directly on the printed circuit board ( 4 ), and wherein the contacting pads ( 9 ) are designed for direct contact with a connector ( 7 ), wherein the connection interface ( 5 ) comprises a housing opening ( 8 ) in the housing ( 6 ) as access for the connector to the contacting pads ( 9 ), and wherein the printed circuit board ( 4 ) is dimensioned to be narrower than the housing opening ( 8 ) such that the printed circuit board ( 4 ) can be inserted through the housing opening ( 8 ) into the housing ( 6 ).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for assembling an adjusting drive ( 1 ) comprising the following steps:
providing a housing ( 6 ) having a housing opening ( 8 ),
inserting a circuit board ( 4 ) into the housing opening ( 8 ) along a first direction, wherein the entire circuit board ( 4 ) is narrower than the housing opening ( 8 ), and
mounting an electric motor ( 2 ) to the housing ( 6 ) before or after inserting the circuit board ( 4 ),
wherein the electric motor ( 2 ) is contact-connected to the circuit board ( 4 ),
wherein at the adjusting drive ( 1 ), a connection interface ( 5 ) is formed which comprises a direct plug-in connection to contacting pads ( 9 ) directly on the circuit board ( 4 ),
wherein the contacting pads ( 9 ) are designed for direct contact with spring contacts of a connector ( 7 ),
wherein the connection interface ( 5 ) includes the housing opening ( 8 ) and the contact pads ( 9 ) are exposed in the housing opening ( 8 ),
wherein the method includes inserting a portion of the connector ( 7 ) into the assembled adjusting device ( 1 ) along the first direction into the housing opening ( 8 ) to directly contact the contacting pads ( 9 ), and wherein at the time of inserting the portion of the connector ( 7 ) along the first direction into the housing opening ( 8 ), the entire housing opening ( 8 ) is exposed along an exterior of the adjusting drive ( 1 ).

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising both removing the connector ( 7 ) from the housing ( 6 ) through the housing opening ( 8 ) along a direction opposite to that of the first direction and removing the circuit board ( 4 ) from the housing ( 6 ) through the housing opening ( 8 ) along the direction opposite that of the first direction, without having to first remove or disassemble any other component of the adjusting drive.

Assignees

• Huck Thomas
• Bosch Gmbh Robert

Inventors

• Huck Thomas

Classifications

• E05F15/697 Primary

  Motor units therefor, e.g. geared motors · CPC title

• E05Y2900/55

  Windows · CPC title

• H02K7/1166

  comprising worm and worm-wheel (structural association with bearings specially adapted for worm gear drives H02K7/081) · CPC title

• H02K2211/03

  Machines characterised by circuit boards, e.g. pcb · CPC title

• H02K11/215

  Magnetic effect devices, e.g. Hall-effect or magneto-resistive elements · CPC title