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Electrical switching and control device, in particular for motor vehicles

US5280410A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 19, 1992
Grant dateJan 18, 1994
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Expiry dateAug 19, 2012

Classification

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

Abstract

An electrical switching and control device, particularly for motor vehicles has a housing a printed circuit board, a plurality of electronic power components arranged in the housing and having leads soldered with the printed circuit board, another component element carried by the printed circuit board and connected with the latter, a heat sink carrying the power components and mechanically connected with the printed circuit board and also receiving heat generated in the power components and guiding it outwards, a plug-in strip arranged at the front side of the housing and soldered at its rear end with the printed circuit board, the plug-in strip being lockable at the printed circuit board, a frame formed so that the heat sink grasps the plug-in strip by the frame and is securely connected with the printed circuit board, a front panel placed on the plug-in strip with interposition of a seal and screwed together with the frame of the heat sink, the housing and having a front housing opening which is tightly closed by the front panel with a sealing ring.

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