IP Library Granted Patent US 7,883,373
Granted Patent B2
US 7,883,373 · App. 12/356,608 · Granted Feb 8, 2011

Plug component for an electrical control unit

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Patent No.
US 7,883,373
App. No.
12/356,608
Granted
Feb 8, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A plug component for an electrical control unit has a contact section formed with one or more compartments, in which a number of contact pins extend perpendicular to a first reference plane. The plug component can be contacted mechanically and electrically with a plug via the contact section. An attachment section extends along the first reference plane and comprises a number of sealing sections, which are provided for resting against corresponding sealing sections of at least one housing component of the control unit. A first of the sealing sections runs in parallel to the first reference plane. Second sealing sections curve away from opposing free ends of the first sealing section and extend in a second reference plane which is arranged perpendicular to the first reference plane.

Claims (26)

1. A plug component for an electrical control unit, comprising:

a contact section formed with one or more compartments, a plurality of contact pins disposed in said one or more compartments and extend perpendicular to a first reference plane, said contact section enabling the plug component to be contacted mechanically and electrically with a plug;

an attachment section extending along the first reference plane and including a plurality of sealing sections configured for resting against corresponding sealing sections of a housing component of the control unit;

said sealing sections including:

a first sealing section extending parallel to the first reference plane, and having mutually opposite free ends; and

one or more second sealing sections curving away from said free ends of said first sealing section and extending in a second reference plane perpendicular to the first reference plane or at a angle greater than 90° relative to the first reference plane;

said second sealing sections including at least one sealing web extending in the second reference plane and enclosing a given angle with the first reference plane.

2. The plug component according to claim 1 , wherein said first sealing section is formed as a web.

3. The plug component according to claim 1 , wherein said first and second sealing sections are formed with a groove.

4. The plug component according to claim 1 , wherein said first and second sealing sections are formed with a key.

5. The plug component according to claim 1 , wherein the given angle of said sealing web relative to the second reference plane is less than 90° and greater than 0°.

6. The plug component according to claim 1 , wherein the given angle of said sealing web relative to the first reference plane lies between 85° and 5°.

7. The plug component according to claim 1 , wherein the given angle of said sealing web relative to the first reference plane lies between 75° and 65°.

8. The plug component according to claim 1 , wherein the given angle of said sealing web relative to the first reference plane is approximately 70°.

9. The plug component according to claim 1 , formed of plastic material.

10. The plug component according to claim 1 , wherein a width of said first sealing section corresponds to a width of the control unit.

11. The plug component according to claim 10 , wherein the width of the control unit lies between 80 mm and 230 mm.

12. The plug component according to claim 11 , wherein the width of the control unit lies between 120 mm and 180 mm.

13. The plug component according to claim 11 , wherein the width of the control unit is approximately 180 mm.

14. The plug component according to claim 1 , wherein said one or more compartments are arranged distributed over an entire width of said first sealing section.

15. The plug component according to claim 1 , wherein said contact pins are arranged in a plurality of rows.

16. The plug component according to claim 15 , wherein said contact pins are arranged in four rows.

17. The plug component according to claim 15 , wherein said contact pins are arranged in five rows.

18. The plug component according to claim 15 , wherein said contact pins are straight contact pins.

19. The plug component according to claim 15 , wherein said contact pins are curved contact pins.

20. The plug component according to claim 1 , in combination with the housing component, further comprising a sealing material disposed between the sealing sections of the housing component and said plurality of sealing sections of the plug component.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 4, 2020
From: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
To: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
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