Engine controller
View Patent ↗There is proposed an engine controller which is excellent in reliability in that the outer peripheral edge face (cut surface) of covering member can be prevented from being rusted while securing the water-proofness and dust-proofness. This engine controller comprises a circuit board ( 12 ) for controlling an engine; an aluminum die-cast main case body ( 20 ) having an open top; and a covering member ( 30 ) made of an iron-based metal plate which is preliminarily applied with surface treatment, the covering member ( 30 ) being fixedly clamped to the main case body ( 20 ) by means of a setscrew ( 40 ) so as to hermetically close the open top of the main case body ( 20 ); wherein the main case body ( 20 ) is provided thereon with a pedestal ( 24 ) or groove ( 25 ) on which a liquid or jellied water-proofing adhesive ( 50 ) is coated or filled (piled), thereby enabling entire outer peripheral edge face ( 33 a ) of the covering member ( 30 ) to be covered by the water-proofing adhesive ( 50 ).
1. An engine controller comprising:
a circuit board for controlling an engine;
an aluminum die-cast main case body having an open top for housing the circuit board; and
a covering member made of an iron-based metal plate which is preliminarily applied with a surface treatment, the covering member being fixedly clamped to the main case body by a setscrew so as to hermetically close the open top of the main case body;
wherein the main case body is provided, at the open top thereof, with a pedestal or groove on which a liquid or jellied water-proofing adhesive is coated or filled, thereby enabling at least a cut surface of an entire outer peripheral edge face of the covering member to be substantially covered by the water-proofing adhesive coated or filled on the pedestal or groove, thus hermetically sealing the interior of the main case body;
wherein the liquid or jellied water-proofing adhesive is provided between the pedestal or groove of the main case body and the covering member circumferentially internally of a fixedly clamped portion of the main case body where the covering member is clamped to the main case body by the setscrew, so as to hermetically seal the interior of the main case body,
wherein the liquid or jellied water-proofing adhesive is provided also between the pedestal or groove of the main case body and the covering member circumferentially externally of the fixedly clamped portion of the main case body where the covering member is clamped to the main case body by the setscrew, so as to hermetically seal the fixedly clamped portion of the main case body, and
wherein the fixedly clamped portion is provided with a female screw portion into which the setscrew is screwed, and the fixedly clamped portion is provided, at a top surface thereof, with a convex portion in order to prevent the water-proofing adhesive from overflowing into the female screw portion.
2. The engine controller according to claim 1 , wherein the covering member is manufactured through punching press molding of a raw material constituted by an iron-based metal plate whose surface is preliminarily applied with plating as the surface treatment.
3. The engine controller according to claim 1 , wherein the covering member is formed into an inverted dish-like or a hat-like configuration having a collar portion and an entire outer peripheral edge face of the collar portion is substantially covered by the water-proofing adhesive which is coated or filled on the pedestal or groove.
4. The engine controller according to claim 3 , wherein the outer peripheral edge face of the collar portion of the covering member is bent downward.
5. The engine controller according to claim 1 , wherein the main case body and the covering member are respectively formed into a rectangular configuration in plan view and four corners of the main case body are allocated as the fixedly clamped portion.
6. The engine controller according to claim 1 , wherein the convex portion is provided with at least one notched groove for venting air.