IP Library Granted Patent US 9,320,165
Granted Patent B2
US 9,320,165 · App. 14/385,547 · Granted Apr 19, 2016

Housing cover panel for accommodating plug-in modules

Inventor: Robert Gruber (Regensburg, DE)
Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
H05K5/03H01R13/46H01R13/60H05K5/0047H05K5/0065H05K5/0069
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Patent No.
US 9,320,165
App. No.
14/385,547
Granted
Apr 19, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A housing cover panel for a housing of a control unit is formed with apertures for accommodating plug-in modules. A kit includes the housing cover panel and the plug-in modules, a housing component with the housing cover panel and the plug-in modules, a housing with the housing component and a control unit with the housing.

Claims (11)

1. A housing component, comprising:

a housing cover for a housing of a control unit, the housing cover having a plurality of plug modules and a housing cover panel formed with cutouts for receiving the plug modules, said housing cover panel having a connection side facing away from an interior of said housing cover;

at least one of said plug modules having a carrier body, said carrier body, on a side thereof facing said housing cover panel, being formed with a channel which, in a plan view of a side facing said housing cover panel, runs along an outer contour of said carrier body;

at least one of said cutouts being formed with a peripheral recess parallel to the edges of said at least one cutout on the connection side of said housing cover panel and a respective plug module being configured to sit on and to be fastened to said peripheral recess;

said cutout with said peripheral recess being associated with said at least one plug module having said carrier body with said channel, so that, in a mounted state of the housing component, an edge region of said carrier body that runs around said channel, engages in said recess, and a section of said housing cover panel formed between said cutout and said recess engages in said channel; and

an amount of sealing compound disposed in said peripheral recess for sealing said plug modules that are arranged on said housing cover panel with respect to said housing cover panel.

2. The housing cover according to claim 1 , wherein said cutouts have mutually different sizes and/or cross sections.

3. The housing cover according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of said cutouts has a rectangular cross section.

4. The housing component according to claim 1 , wherein each of said plug modules comprises a plurality of electrical connecting elements extending through said cutouts in said housing cover panel.

5. A housing for a control device of a motor vehicle, comprising a housing component according to claim 1 .

6. A control device for a motor vehicle, comprising the housing according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2020
From: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
To: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 053323/0914 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 16, 2014
From: GRUBER, ROBERT
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
Reel/Frame 034009/0603 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2012 204 145 · Mar 16, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150044903A1 · Feb 12, 2015