Modular central electrical unit for motor vehicles

US6575782B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Mannesmann VDO AG · DE

Inventors

• Reinhold Berberich · Frankfurt, DE
• Norbert Fleischhauer · Eschborn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 17, 2000
• Grant date: Jun 10, 2003
• Expiry date: Feb 17, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R16/0238
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A modular central electrical unit for motor vehicles, comprising an electrically insulating base body (1) having plug locations (3, 4), which are formed on the outer wall of the base body (1), for accommodating an electrical and an electromechanical functional unit, which plug locations are connected to one another and to a cable harness (10) and/or an electronic functional unit (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 25). In a central electrical unit, which can be upgraded and/or modified without any additional space requirement, an electrical connection (5) which passes out of the base body (1) is such that it overhangs the base body (1), and a base body segment (8), which is formed from a plug body of a vehicle component (10) that is to be connected and is composed of insulating material, is mechanically attached to the base body (1), with the base body segment (8) and/or the fitted functional unit (14, 15, 25) being electrically connected to the electrical connection (5).