CONTROL UNIT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A SHOCK HAZARD PROTECTION COVER
First Claim
1. A control unit (1) for an electric vehicle or hybrid vehicle, having a housing (3) enclosing at least one cavity (4), wherein the housing (3) has a housing lid (5) and a housing opening (6), wherein the housing lid (5) is designed to close the housing opening (6),and whereinthe control unit (1) has an electrically insulating shock hazard protection cover (7), which has at least one projection region (20) extending transversely with respect to a surface of the shock hazard protection cover (7), and the housing lid (5) has at least one receptacle (21) for the projection region (20), which receptacle is configured to securely hold the projection region (20) with a frictional fit, and the shock hazard protection cover (7) has at least one latching hook (10, 11), wherein the latching hook (10, 11) is configured to latch, with a form fit or additionally with a frictional fit, with the housing (3).
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Abstract
The invention relates to a control unit for an electric vehicle or hybrid vehicle. The control unit has a housing enclosing a cavity. The housing has a housing lid and a housing opening, wherein the housing lid is designed to close the housing opening. According to the invention, the control unit has an electrically insulating shock hazard protection cover, which has at least one projection region extending transversely with respect to a surface of the shock hazard protection cover. The housing lid has at least one receptacle for the projection region, wherein the cutout is designed to retain the projection region in a force-locking manner. The shock hazard protection cover has at least one latching hook designed to latch in a positively locking manner, or additionally in a force-locking manner, with the housing or a part of the control unit in the interior of the housing which is connected to the housing.
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12 Claims
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1. A control unit (1) for an electric vehicle or hybrid vehicle, having a housing (3) enclosing at least one cavity (4), wherein the housing (3) has a housing lid (5) and a housing opening (6), wherein the housing lid (5) is designed to close the housing opening (6),
and wherein the control unit (1) has an electrically insulating shock hazard protection cover (7), which has at least one projection region (20) extending transversely with respect to a surface of the shock hazard protection cover (7), and the housing lid (5) has at least one receptacle (21) for the projection region (20), which receptacle is configured to securely hold the projection region (20) with a frictional fit, and the shock hazard protection cover (7) has at least one latching hook (10, 11), wherein the latching hook (10, 11) is configured to latch, with a form fit or additionally with a frictional fit, with the housing (3).
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9. A method for making safe a control unit (1) comprising a housing enclosing a cavity (4), said method comprising the steps of:
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frictionally connecting a shock hazard protection cover (7) to an inner wall of a housing lid (5); and closing a housing opening (6) of the housing (3) with the housing lid (5), wherein the shock hazard protection cover (5) latches with the housing (3) or part of the control unit (1) connected to the housing (3), such that the shock hazard protection cover (7) interlocks with the housing (3) or part. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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