Patent · US Expired

Housing

US6180875A · kind A · utility

3Cited by

0References

7Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Temic Telefunken Microelectronik · DE

Inventors

Richard Baur · Brackenheim, DE
Gunter Fendt · Schrobenhausen, DE
Engelbert Worle · Sulingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 17, 1999
Grant date	Jan 30, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 17, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05K5/068
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a housing for an electric or an electronic component, in particular a motor vehicle control unit, for which the housing parts or housing connections are designed such that the electric or electronic components are sealed watertight and airtight. Such housings, which are composed if only in part of a thermoplastic synthetic material, are provided with a pressure compensation feature. As a result, the pressure inside the housing is constantly adapted to the outside pressure. With this type of pressure adaptation, it is not possible for gases, particularly water vapor, to permeate the synthetic housing under pressure and reach the electric or electronic components. As a result, damage caused by humidity is greatly reduced and the service life is increased.

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