Housing for electronic assemblies including board-mounted components and separate discrete components

US6163460A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Temic Telefunken Microelectronik · DE

Inventors

• Richard Baur · Brackenheim, DE
• Guenter Fendt · Schrobenhausen, DE
• Engelbert Woerle · Freiberg am Neckar, DE
• Juergen Ryll · Egelsbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 9, 1998
• Grant date: Dec 19, 2000
• Expiry date: Oct 9, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H05K7/12
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An arrangement of electronic components in a housing includes a housing, at least one circuit board arranged in the housing with electronic components of a first type (such as SMDs) mounted thereon, at least one electronic component of a second type (such as a non-SMD coil or capacitor) that is not arranged on the circuit board but rather is mounted on a mounting surface in the housing, and an electrical connection established between the second electronic component and the circuit board. The electrical connection may be established by a connector member having two connecting shanks connected to the wires of the second component and two mounting shanks that are press-fit into contact holes of the circuit board. Alternatively, the electrical connection may be established by respective contact clips electrically and mechanically clamped onto the wires of the second component, whereby the contact clips have contact pins that plug into contact holes in the circuit board.