IP Library Granted Patent US 10,700,015
Granted Patent B2
US 10,700,015 · App. 16/341,068 · Granted Jun 30, 2020

Electronic control unit

Inventors: Yusaku Katsube (Tokyo, JP); Masayuki Kawabata (Ibaraki, JP); Shoho Ishikawa (Ibaraki, JP); Kentaro Yamanaka (Ibaraki, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
H01L23/552H01L23/4006H01L23/5386H01L25/0655H05K5/02H05K7/20409H05K7/20854H05K9/00B60R16/023H01L2023/4062H01L2023/4087
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Patent No.
US 10,700,015
App. No.
16/341,068
Granted
Jun 30, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The electronic control unit ECU includes: a base 2 that has a bottom surface portion 7 on which a printed circuit board 3 is mounted and an opening opposed to the bottom surface portion 7 ; and a cover 1 that covers at least a part of the bottom surface portion 7 and is engaged with the base 2 . Here, the cover 1 includes an overlap portion 5 that is spaced apart from and opposed to a side surface 11 of the base 2 , and the overlap portion 5 includes a slit 15.

Claims (31)

1. An electronic control unit comprising:

a case body that has a first surface on which a board is mounted and an opening opposed to the first surface;

a cover that covers at least a part of the first surface and is engaged with the case body; and

a connector unit,

wherein the cover includes an overlapping portion that is spaced apart from and opposed to a side surface of the case body, and the overlapping portion includes a slit,

wherein the connector unit passes through the side surface of the case body, and

wherein the connector unit is arranged in a position opposed to a slit included in the overlapping portion opposed to the side surface of the case body.

2. The electronic control unit according to claim 1 , wherein

the case body includes a plurality of side surfaces along sides of the first surface, respectively, and

the cover includes a plurality of overlapping portions opposed to the plurality of side surfaces, and at least one of the plurality of overlapping portions includes a plurality of slits.

3. The electronic control unit according to claim 2 , wherein

in the overlapping portions, an interval between adjacent slits is 156 mm or less.

4. The electronic control unit according to claim 3 , wherein

the case body includes a clock wiring pattern that extends in a first direction, and

one overlapping portion of the plurality of overlapping portions that extends in the first direction includes a slit.

5. An electronic control unit comprising:

a board on which a semiconductor device is mounted;

a metallic case body that includes a first surface on which the board is mounted, a plurality of side surfaces provided along sides of the first surface, respectively, and an opening opposed to the first surface; and

a metallic cover that includes a second surface opposed to at least a part of the first surface, and a plurality of overlapping portions provided along sides of the second surface respectively,

wherein the cover is engaged with the case body so that the second surface is opposed to the first surface and the plurality of overlapping portions are opposed to and spaced apart from the plurality of side surfaces, and at least one overlapping portion of the plurality of overlapping portions is provided with at least one slit,

wherein the overlapping portion includes an opening for a connector, and is provided with the slit extending from the opening for the connector toward a ridgeline between the overlapping portion and the second surface, and

wherein the at least one slit is a notch that extends from one side of the overlapping portion toward the ridgeline between the second surface and another side of the overlapping portion parallel to the one side, and wherein the notch does not reach the ridgeline.

6. The electronic control unit according to claim 5 , wherein

the at least one slit includes a plurality of slits.

7. The electronic control unit according to claim 6 , wherein

the first surface and the second surface each have a rectangular shape, and

the cover and the case body are fixed to each other by screws at each corner of the rectangular shaped first surface.

8. The electronic control unit according to claim 7 , wherein

the case body is coupled to a predetermined voltage.

9. The electronic control unit according to claim 8 , wherein

a clock wiring pattern that extends in parallel with the overlapping portion including the slit is formed on the board.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 30, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058481/0935 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 11, 2019
From: KATSUBE, YUSAKU; KAWABATA, MASAYUKI; ISHIKAWA, SHOHO; YAMANAKA, KENTARO
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 048853/0530 →