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Granted Patent B2
US 10,306,792 · App. 15/335,524 · Granted May 28, 2019

Electronics unit

Inventors: Michael Sturm (Bad Mergentheim, DE); Thomas Sauer (Bad Mergentheim, DE); Matthias Maschke (Kupferzell, DE)
Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingan GmbH & Co. KG
H05K5/03H02K5/10H02K5/225H02K11/30H05K5/0017H05K5/0026H05K5/0217H05K5/069H02K2211/03
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Patent No.
US 10,306,792
App. No.
15/335,524
Granted
May 28, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronics unit and an electromotor with such an electronics unit is provided with a sealing arrangement which seals an interface structural group mounted on a printed circuit board against an inside of the electronics housing as well as on the front side in the area of the plug interface in such a manner that the inside of the electronics housing is sealed against the entrance of a liquid even in the not-in-use state of a connection box of the electronics unit.

Claims (28)

1. An electronics unit for an electromotor comprising:

an electronics housing in which control electronics are arranged on a printed circuit board;

an interface structural group with a plug interface comprising contacts and for inserting at least one connection plug connector; wherein

the electronics housing includes a receiving area into which a connection box can be inserted in an authorized manner for connecting the at least one connection plug connector, and

at least one sealing arrangement seals the interface structural group against an inside of the electronics housing as well as on the front side in an area of the plug interface in such a manner that the inside of the electronics housing is sealed in the non-used state of the connection box against the entrance of a liquid; and

the connection box further comprises a dismountable cover sealed against the connection box by a seal, an integrated optical waveguide (LW) and an integrated antenna (AT).

2. The electronics unit according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving area for the connection box is arranged above the plug interface.

3. The electronics unit according to claim 1 , wherein the interface structural group comprises a contact carrier housing with a housing wall on which a circumferential seal is attached along a front side section of the housing wall.

4. The electronics unit according to claim 1 , wherein the interface structural group comprises a contact carrier on which holding elements, constructed to be integral with a contact carrier housing, are fastened on or by means of which the interface structural group is fastened on the printed circuit board.

5. The electronics unit according to claim 1 , wherein a seal arranged in the area of the plug interface and designed as a cast mass at least partially surrounds as part of the sealing arrangement the contacts of the interface structural group and rests directly on them.

6. The electronics unit according claim 1 , wherein the connection box comprises a receiving space and a cable passage constructed in one piece with the connection box for at least one connection plug connector provided with a connection cable and comprises a bottom constructed with at least one mounting opening through which a connection plug connector can be inserted or mounted for making contact with the interface structural group preferably engaging in the connection box.

7. The electronics unit according to claim 1 , wherein a housing wall surrounding the contacts is provided in a contact carrier housing and which projects with its front side in axial direction (D) opposite a plug-side ends of the contacts.

8. The electronics unit according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of an antenna, an NFC choke, and an optical waveguide is arranged in the interface structural group.

9. The electronics unit according to claim 1 , wherein the electronics housing is constructed as a cup-shaped housing with a circumferential, annular housing flange.

10. An electromotor having an outer rotor motor with an electronics unit according to claim 1 .

11. An electronics unit for an electromotor comprising:

an electronics housing in which control electronics are arranged on a printed circuit board;

an interface structural group with a plug interface comprising contacts and for inserting at least one connection plug connector; wherein

the electronics housing includes a receiving area into which a connection box can be inserted in an authorized manner for connecting the at least one connection plug connector, the electronics housing is provided above the receiving area for the connection box with a dismountable cover, an integrated antenna and a status report display (SM); and

at least one sealing arrangement positioned, at least partially around the contacts of the plug interface, seals the interface structural group against an inside of the electronics housing as well as on the front side in such a manner that the inside of the electronics housing is sealed against the entrance of a liquid when the connection box is not connected with the electronics housing.

12. The electronics unit according to claim 11 , wherein the electronics housing forms in the receiving area for the connection box a wall graduated in an axial direction with a contact area elevated opposite a first wall area for the connection box, wherein a circumferential seal of the sealing arrangement rests against the inside in the elevated contact area of the wall.

13. The electronics unit according to claim 12 , wherein a bottom of the connection box has a contour corresponding to the graduated wall.

14. The electronics unit according to claim 11 , wherein the interface structural group comprises a contact carrier housing with a housing wall on which a circumferential seal is attached along a front side section of the housing wall.

15. The electronics unit according to claim 11 , wherein the interface structural group comprises a contact carrier on which holding elements, constructed to be integral with a contact carrier housing, are fastened on or by means of which the interface structural group is fastened on the printed circuit board.

16. The electronics unit according to claim 11 , wherein a housing wall surrounding the contacts is provided in a contact carrier housing and which projects with its front side in axial direction (D) opposite a plug-side ends of the contacts.

17. The electronics unit according to claim 11 , wherein at least one of an antenna, an NFC choke, and an optical waveguide is arranged in the interface structural group.

18. The electronics unit according to claim 11 , wherein the electronics housing is constructed as a cup-shaped housing with a circumferential, annular housing flange.

19. An electromotor having an outer rotor motor with an electronics unit according to claim 11 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2016
From: STURM, MICHAEL; SAUER, THOMAS; MASCHKE, MATTHIAS
To: EBM-PAPST MULFINGEN GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 040147/0384 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2015 119 002 · Nov 5, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170135238A1 · May 11, 2017
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