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US 10,785,883 · App. 15/766,920 · Granted Sep 22, 2020

Electronic arrangement, combination, and method for installation of an electronic arrangement

Inventors: Andreas Albert (Hoechstadt/Aisch, DE); Joachim Buhl (Nuremberg, DE); Turhan Bueyuekbas (Fuerth, DE); Andreas Plach (Forchheim, DE); Matthias Wieczorek (Neunkirchen am Sand, DE)
Assignee: Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH
H05K5/0082G01D11/245H01R12/7082H01R13/621H05K5/0008H05K5/0069H05K5/065H05K5/066H05K5/069
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Patent No.
US 10,785,883
App. No.
15/766,920
Granted
Sep 22, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic configuration, which is preferably a gearbox control device, has a control circuit and a sensor dome. The sensor dome has a sensor and dome contacts electrically connected to the sensor. The control circuit has circuit contacts for contacting the dome contacts. The dome contacts and the circuit contacts are configured to achieve a respective plug connection between a respective dome contact and a respective circuit contact.

Claims (46)

1. An electronic configuration, comprising:

a sensor dome having a sensor and dome contacts electrically connected to said sensor; and

a control circuit having circuit contacts for making contact with said dome contacts, said dome contacts and said circuit contacts are configured to provide a respective plug-in connection between a respective dome contact and a respective circuit contact.

2. The electronic configuration according to claim 1 , wherein:

said sensor dome is plug-mounted onto said control circuit; and

said respective dome contact and said respective circuit contact form a plug-in connection.

3. The electronic configuration according to claim 1 , wherein said dome contacts and said circuit contacts are configured to provide a respective plug-in clamping connection between said respective dome contact and said respective circuit contact.

4. The electronic configuration according to claim 1 , wherein:

said dome contacts are insulation-displacement contacts and said circuit contacts are blade contacts; or

said dome contacts are said blade contacts and said circuit contacts are said insulation-displacement contacts.

5. The electronic configuration according to claim 1 , wherein said sensor is selected from the group consisting of a rotation speed sensor and a gear selector sensor.

6. The electronic configuration according to claim 1 , wherein said sensor dome has a protective housing which surrounds said sensor on several sides.

7. The electronic configuration according to claim 6 , wherein said protective housing contains plastic or is composed of said plastic, and said sensor is embedded into said plastic.

8. The electronic configuration according to claim 1 , wherein said dome contacts and/or said circuit contacts contain brass or are produced from said brass.

9. The electronic configuration according to claim 6 , further comprising a plug connected to said control circuit, said circuit contacts of said control circuit lead into said plug, said plug has a plug base and a plug collar which originates from said plug base, said plug collar extends along a plug periphery, in a manner closed at said plug periphery, and said circuit contacts project beyond said plug base.

10. The electronic configuration according to claim 9 , wherein:

said protective housing of said sensor dome has a connection section in which a housing connection wall forms a supporting surface which extends transversely in relation to a longitudinal direction of said sensor dome;

said plug collar has a collar end; and

said supporting surface overlaps said collar end of said plug collar, said collar end is averted from said plug base, when said dome contacts and said circuit contacts are plug-connected for forming plug-in clamping connections.

11. The electronic configuration according to claim 10 , wherein said housing connection wall and said collar end are connected to one another continuously in a sealed-off manner at said plug periphery.

12. The electronic configuration according to claim 9 , wherein said control circuit has a printed circuit and a carrier housing which is connected to said printed circuit, said circuit contacts are soldered onto said printed circuit, and in that said printed circuit and said carrier housing are encapsulated with plastic by injection molding so as to form an opening for said plug collar to pass through.

13. The electronic configuration according to claim 12 , wherein:

said control circuit is connected to said carrier housing;

said carrier housing is composed of metal; and

said protective housing of said sensor dome has at least one interlocking bearing and is positioned on said carrier housing by said at least one interlocking bearing and/or is screwed-connected to said carrier housing.

14. The electronic configuration according to claim 10 , wherein:

said sensor of said sensor dome is one of a plurality of sensors;

each of said sensors is electrically connected to a plurality of said dome contacts; and

said dome contacts are disposed in a contact area and a main surface of said contact area is bordered by said housing connection wall.

15. The electronic configuration according to claim 1 , wherein said control circuit is an electronic circuit which is suitable for or adapted for open-loop control and/or closed-loop control of a transmission.

16. The electronic configuration according to claim 10 , wherein said supporting surface extends perpendicularly in relation to the longitudinal direction of said sensor dome.

17. The electronic configuration according to claim 10 , wherein said housing connection wall and said collar end are connected to one another continuously, by means of plastic laser welding, in a sealed-off manner at said plug periphery.

18. A system, comprising:

a transmission housing;

a sensor dome having a sensor and dome contacts electrically connected to said sensor;

a control circuit having circuit contacts for making contact with said dome contacts, said dome contacts and said circuit contacts are configured to provide a respective plug-in connection between a respective dome contact and a respective circuit contact, said control circuit and said sensor dome are constituent parts of an electronic configuration; and

said electronic configuration being disposed in an interior of said transmission housing.

19. A method for assembling an electronic configuration having a control circuit and a sensor dome, which comprises the method steps of:

providing a sensor dome having a sensor and dome contacts which are electrically connected to the sensor;

providing a control circuit having circuit contacts for making contact with the dome contacts;

configuring the dome contacts as insulation-displacement contacts and the circuit contacts as blade contacts, or configuring the dome contacts as the blade contacts and the circuit contacts as the insulation-displacement contacts;

leading the circuit contacts of the control circuit into a plug having a plug base and a plug collar which originates from the plug base, the plug collar extending along a plug periphery, in a manner closed at the plug periphery, and the circuit contacts project beyond the plug base,

providing the sensor dome with a protective housing, the protective housing having a connection section in which a housing connection wall forms a supporting surface extending transversely in relation to a longitudinal direction of the sensor dome, and the supporting surface overlapping a collar end of the plug collar, the collar end is averted from the plug base, when the dome contacts and the circuit contacts are plug-connected for providing plug-in clamping connections;

plug-mounting the sensor dome onto the control circuit so that a respective circuit contact forms a plug-in clamping connection with a respective dome contact; and

connecting the housing connection wall and the plug collar to one another by means of plastic laser welding during at least one subsection of the plug-mounting operation.

20. The method according to claim 19 , which further comprises measuring an assembly force which acts between the sensor dome and the control circuit in the plug-mounting direction during the plug-mounting operation during a plastic laser welding operation.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE THE SPELLING OF THE ASSIGNEE NAME FROM VITESCO TEHNOLOGIES GERMANY GMBH TO VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GERMANY GMBH PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 053100 FRAME 0385. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST. Recorded Sep 23, 2020
From: CONTI TEMIC MICROELECTRONIC GMBH
To: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 053859/0329 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE CORRECT THE SPELLING OF THE ASSIGNEE FROM VITESCO TEHNOLOGIES GERMANY GMBH TO VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GERMANY GMBH PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 053100 FRAME 0385. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST. Recorded Aug 14, 2020
From: CONTI TEMIC MICROELECTRONIC GMBH
To: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 054523/0456 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 1, 2020
From: CONTI TEMIC MICROELECTRONIC GMBH
To: VITESCO TEHNOLOGIES GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 053100/0385 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 15, 2018
From: ALBERT, ANDREAS; BUHL, JOACHIM; BUEYUEKBAS, TURHAN; PLACH, ANDREAS, DR.; WIECZOREK, MATTHIAS, DR.
To: CONTI TEMIC MICROELECTRONIC GMBH
Reel/Frame 046103/0072 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2015 219 569 · Oct 9, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180302998A1 · Oct 18, 2018