IP Library Granted Patent US 7,796,392
Granted Patent B2
US 7,796,392 · App. 12/072,757 · Granted Sep 14, 2010

Electronic construction unit and electrical circuit carrier

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Patent No.
US 7,796,392
App. No.
12/072,757
Granted
Sep 14, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device having an electrical circuit carrier and a body is specified, in which at least one riveted connection is formed between the electrical circuit carrier and the body. In the case of such a device, the electrical circuit carrier can be mechanically incorporated in a stable manner and with little technical complexity. An electrical circuit carrier having at least one rivet is also specified.

Claims (17)

1. An electronic device including an electrical circuit carrier and a body, wherein at least one riveted connection is formed between the electrical circuit carrier and the body, wherein the electrical circuit carrier includes at least one rivet of the riveted connection, wherein the at least one rivet is an integral part of the electrical circuit carrier, and wherein at least one part of the body is electrically conductively connected to at least one conductor track of the electrical circuit carrier.

2. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the body is a holder for the electrical circuit carrier.

3. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the body is a heat dissipating element for the electrical circuit carrier.

4. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the body is electrically conductively connected to the conductor track of the circuit carrier by means of the riveted connection.

5. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the electrical circuit carrier includes a printed circuit board or a cast circuit carrier (MID).

6. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the electrical circuit carrier includes a metal plate.

7. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a rivet of the riveted connection includes, at least on one side, a rivet head having a height h and a maximum lateral extent d, where 0.04<h/d<0.5.

8. The electronic device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein 0.1<h/d<0.3.

9. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the electrical circuit carrier is part of an optoelectronic module.

10. An electrical circuit carrier including at least one rivet and a basic body, wherein the at least one rivet and a metal plate are made in one piece, and wherein the metal plate is at least partially embedded in the basic body.

11. The electrical circuit carrier as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the rivet is projecting away from the circuit carrier on a first side of the electrical circuit carrier, and the electrical circuit carrier includes a mechanical reinforcement on a second side opposite the first side.

12. An electronic device including an electrical circuit carrier and a body, wherein at least one riveted connection is formed between the electrical circuit carrier and the body, wherein the electrical circuit carrier comprises a metal plate, wherein the metal plate is at least partially embedded in the electrical circuit carrier and reinforces the electrical circuit carrier, and wherein a side of the electrical circuit carrier facing towards the body is in direct contact over an entire lateral extent of the side with the body.

13. The electronic device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the metal plate is continuous.

14. The electronic device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the electrical circuit carrier includes a mechanical reinforcement at least in a region from which a rivet head of a rivet of the riveted connection laterally projects.

15. The electronic device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein at least one part of the mechanical reinforcement is electrically conductive and is electrically conductively connected to at least one conductor track of the electrical circuit carrier.

16. The electronic device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein at least one part of the mechanical reinforcement has a high thermal conductivity.

17. The electronic device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein electrically insulating material is arranged between the electrical circuit carrier and a rivet of the riveted connection.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Feb 2, 2010
From: PATENT TREUHAND GESELLSCHAFT FUR ELEKTRISCHE GLUHLAMPEN MBH
To: OSRAM GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
Reel/Frame 023882/0382 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2008
From: BERTRAM, RALPH PETER; STOYAN, HARALD
To: PATENT-TREUHAND-GESELLSCHAFT FUR ELEKTRISCHE GLUHLAMPEN MBH
Reel/Frame 020966/0559 →