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Housing for electronic circuit

US5140500A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 24, 1991
Grant dateAug 18, 1992
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Expiry dateMay 24, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05K7/20854
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A housing for an electronic circuit, especially for a control electronic device of a motor vehicle, has a printed circuit board adapted to carry an electronic circuit, a plug strip, a front plate, a cooling frame mounted on the board and having at least one cooling portion, power elements connected with the cooling portion in a heat conductive manner. The front plate is provided with cooling ribs and the cooling frame is provided with at least one cooling leg facing toward the plug strip so that the plug strip is located between the front plate with the cooling ribs and the cooling leg of the cooling frame. The front plate and the cooling frame are connected through a heat conducting web on the front plate in a heat conducting manner.

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