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Electrical device having a lubricated joint and a method for lubricating such a joint

US9179555B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Eric Ochs · St. Clair Shores, US
Ronny Ludwig · Reutlingen, DE
Florian Grabmaier · Rötteln, DE
Stephan Henzler · Munich, DE
Rainer Straub · Entringen, DE
Christian Voehringer · Lörrach, DE
Patrick Wellner · Neckartenzlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 11, 2006
Grant date	Nov 3, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 2, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05K2203/127
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electrical device, particularly a control unit, having at least one joint having a first joining partner, especially a sleeve, and a second joining partner, especially a pin, the joint between the two joining partners having a junction; at least at the junction an at least partially solidified lubricant being present. Furthermore, in a method for lubricating a joint of an electrical device, the joint having a first joining partner, particularly a sleeve, and a second joining partner, particularly a pin; in a step one of the joining partners being wetted with a lubricant, in a following step the joining partner wetted with the lubricant being joined to the other joining partner and the lubricant subsequently solidifying.

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