Electronic units and method for packaging and assembly of said electronic units
First Claim
1. A method to package electrical units comprising the acts of:
- providing a plurality of planar electronic circuit boards;
providing a cover element with defined folding points therein;
connecting the plurality of planar electronic circuit boards with an electrical conductive member;
placing a first planar electronic circuit board with its bottom side at a first part of said cover element;
folding said cover element at a defined folding point and placing a remaining part of said cover element upon the surface of the top side of said first planar board thereby covering the side surface of the first planar board;
placing a second planar board with its bottom side at said surface of the remaining part of said cover element;
folding said remaining cover element at a further defined point and placing the newly remaining cover element upon the surface of the top side of said second planar board thereby covering the side surface of said second planar board; and
repeating the placing and folding steps until all surfaces of said planar electronic circuit boards are covered by said cover element.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses method for packaging and assembly of electronic units comprising a multi-planar board system in which each single planar board provides electrical contacts and/or signal drive to its successive planar board via a flexible cable forming the only connection between successive planar boards. In its packaged position the planar boards are laid upon one another without affixing them with each other or affixing them with the housing of the electronic unit, wherein the packaging of the planar boards preferably forming a daisy chain. Positioning and adjusting of the planar boards to each other is mainly achieved by the cover element being wrapped around all surfaces of the planar boards during the packaging process, positioning and clamping of the packaging of the planar boards within the housing is mainly achieved by the self-adapting suspension during the assembly process of the electronic unit into the housing. The cover element separating and concurrently adjusting each planar boards to each other has isolating, stabilizing, heat draining, and flexible attributes. The electronic unit is preferably arranged in a screw-less, and scalable housing.
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30 Claims
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1. A method to package electrical units comprising the acts of:
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providing a plurality of planar electronic circuit boards;
providing a cover element with defined folding points therein;
connecting the plurality of planar electronic circuit boards with an electrical conductive member;
placing a first planar electronic circuit board with its bottom side at a first part of said cover element;
folding said cover element at a defined folding point and placing a remaining part of said cover element upon the surface of the top side of said first planar board thereby covering the side surface of the first planar board;
placing a second planar board with its bottom side at said surface of the remaining part of said cover element;
folding said remaining cover element at a further defined point and placing the newly remaining cover element upon the surface of the top side of said second planar board thereby covering the side surface of said second planar board; and
repeating the placing and folding steps until all surfaces of said planar electronic circuit boards are covered by said cover element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 23, 24)
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11. A method to package electrical units comprising the acts of:
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providing a loosely connected multi-planar electronic circuit board system including a plurality of single planar electronic circuit boards connected to one another by flexible cables and separated from one another by a continuous cover element;
providing a housing having a lower shell section and an upper shell section;
fitting said system of said planar boards into said bottom shell (80) of said housing;
positioning and clamping of said system in said bottom shell (80) by a self-adapting suspension (100) being part of the bottom shell (80);
closing said housing with said top shell (90);
positioning and clamping of said packaging against said top shell (90) by a self-adapting suspension (100) being part of the top shell when said top shell is self-interlocking with said bottom shell (80). - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. Electronic unit comprising:
a multi-planar board system, wherein said multi-planar board system is characterized by single planar boards (1-4) connected with each other by a flexible cable (12,23,34) providing electrical contacts and signal drive, wherein the contacting surfaces of said planar boards are separated from and adjusted to each other by a continuous cover element (20). - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 25)
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20. Housing (70) for an electronic unit comprising:
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a bottom shell (80) having at least one self-adapting suspension (100) for adjusting and clamping a package in said bottom shell (80) when said package is fully located in said bottom shell (80); and
a top shell (90) having at least one self-adapting suspension (100) for adjusting and clamping said package against said top shell (90) when said top shell (90) is interlocked with said bottom shell (80). - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. An electronic assembly comprising:
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a housing including a bottom shell;
at least a first self-adapting suspension operatively mounted to an inner wall of said bottom shell;
a top shell having surfaces that coact with surfaces on the bottom shell to interlock the top shell to the bottom shell; and
at least a second self-adapting suspension operatively mounted to an inner wall of said top shell. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method to package electrical units comprising the acts of:
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providing a plurality of planar electronic circuit boards;
providing a cover element;
connecting the plurality of planar electronic circuit boards with an electrical conductive member;
placing a first planar electronic circuit board with its bottom side at a first part of said cover element;
folding said cover element and placing a remaining part of said cover element upon the surface of the top side of said first planar board thereby covering the side surface of the first planar board;
placing a second planar board with its bottom side at said surface of the remaining part of said cover element;
folding said remaining cover element and placing the newly remaining cover element upon the surface of the top side of said second planar board thereby covering the side surface of said second planar board; and
repeating the placing and folding steps until all surfaces of said planar electronic circuit boards are covered by said cover element.
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