IP Library Granted Patent US 7,080,575
Granted Patent B2
US 7,080,575 · App. 10/655,505 · Granted Jul 25, 2006

Mechatronic transmission control

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Patent No.
US 7,080,575
App. No.
10/655,505
Granted
Jul 25, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mechatronic transmission control is disclosed. The control comprises a housing ( 2 ) that can be installed in a motor vehicle transmission, an electronic control unit ( 3 ), whose components ( 5 ) are arranged on a fixed board ( 4 ) in the housing ( 2 ), sensor components ( 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17 to 24 ), which are coupled to the electronic control unit ( 3 ) and a flexible printed circuit board ( 6 ), on which the sensor components ( 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17 to 24 ) are positioned and which acts as an electrical and mechanical connection element between the sensor components ( 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17 to 24 ) and the electronic control unit ( 3 ).

Claims (21)

1. A mechatronic transmission control comprising:

a housing for installation in a motor vehicle transmission,

an electronic control unit comprising components, said components arranged on a fixed board in the housing,

mechanical components, and

a sensor coupled to the electronic control unit,

the sensor being directly fixed to a flexible circuit board on a first side thereof, said flexible board and said fixed board providing for an electrical connection between the sensor and the electronic control unit, wherein a portion of the flexible board is mechanically attached to a portion of the fixed board.

2. A transmission control according to claim 1 , wherein the flexible printed circuit board with the sensor is embedded in a sealing compound.

3. A transmission control according to claim 1 , wherein passive auxiliary elements and additional wiring components are arranged on said flexible circuit board.

4. A transmission control according to claim 1 , wherein a mechanical support part is attached to a second side of the flexible printed circuit board.

5. A transmission control according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor is connected electrically and mechanically to conductor paths of the flexible printed circuit board by means of an SMD soldering process or bonding.

6. A transmission control according to claim 3 , wherein the passive auxiliary elements of the sensor are glued onto to the flexible printed circuit board.

7. A mechatronic transmission control comprising:

a housing,

an electronic control unit comprising a fixed board with components thereon,

a flexible printed circuit board mechanically coupled to the fixed board, said flexible printed circuit board electrically coupled to the electronic control unit on which at least one sensor is directly fixed to the flexible printed circuit board on a first side thereof.

8. A transmission control according to claim 7 , further comprising mechanical components for supporting the fixed board.

9. A transmission control according to claim 7 , wherein the flexible printed circuit board with the sensor is embedded in a sealing compound.

10. A transmission control according to claim 7 , wherein the flexible printed circuit board further comprises passive auxiliary elements and additional wiring components.

11. A transmission control according to claim 7 , wherein a mechanical support part is attached to a second side of the flexible printed circuit board.

12. A transmission control according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one sensor is connected electrically and mechanically to conductor paths of the flexible printed circuit board by means of an SMD soldering process or bonding.

13. A transmission control according to claim 10 , wherein the passive auxiliary elements of the at least one sensor are glued onto to the flexible printed circuit board.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2020
From: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
To: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 053383/0507 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2011
From: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
Reel/Frame 027263/0068 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 4, 2003
From: JUNGBAUER, BERND; LINCKE, CHRISTOPH; LOIBL, JOSEF; MENTZEL, GEORG
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 014467/0512 →