ELECTRONICS HOUSING AND METHOD FOR HOUSING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

• US 20200137897A1
• Filed: 03/20/2018
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Company KG
• Original Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Company KG
• Inventors: MANZULA, Evgenij
• Granted Patent: US 11,304,314 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0008 assembled by screws
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0217 Mechanical details of casings covers, lids, hoods or members for covering apertures H05K5/03

Abstract

An electronics housing for housing electronic components includes: a lower housing part and an upper housing part connected to one another by connecting means in order to form a housing body, the connecting means having at least one screw which has a threaded section for thread formation. When the housing body is in a connected state, the threaded section of the screw is screwed through a connecting region of the upper housing part to form thread, and screwed into a connecting region of the lower housing part to form thread at least in sections, or vice versa. The connecting regions for the connection by the screw each have a screw section, between which a threaded clearance is formed in a state of use.

Claims

1. An electronics housing for housing electronic components, comprising:

a lower housing part and an upper housing part connected to one another by connecting means in order to form a housing body,

the connecting means having at least one screw which has a threaded section configured and designed for thread formation,

wherein, when the housing body is in a connected state, the threaded section of the screw is screwed through a connecting region of the upper housing part to form thread, and screwed into a connecting region of the lower housing part to form thread at least in sections, or vice versa, and

wherein the connecting regions, for the connection by the screw, each have a screw section, between which a threaded clearance is formed in a state of use.

2. The electronics housing according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the connecting regions has a through-hole,

wherein the hole is configured and designed such that the threaded section forms a thread at least partially circumferentially in a hole wall of the hole when the screw is inserted into the hole.

3. The electronics housing according to claim 1, wherein the threaded section is configured and designed at least in sections for thread cutting.

4. The electronics housing according to claim 1, wherein the threaded section is configured and designed at least in sections for thread forming.

5. The electronics housing according to claim 1, wherein the screw has a screw shank formed between the screw head and threaded section, an outer diameter of which screw shank is less than a nominal diameter comprising an edge diameter of the threaded section.

6. The electronics housing according to claim 5, wherein the screw shank has a length equal to or greater than a screwed-through section of the connecting region for the screw.

7. The electronics housing according to claim 1, wherein the threaded section tapers toward a free end of the screw.

8. The electronics housing according to claim 1, wherein the housing body, comprising the upper housing part and/or the lower housing part, comprises at least in sections an electrically insulating material, or a plastic, or a material having plastic.

9. The electronics housing according to claim 1, wherein the upper housing part and/or the lower housing part is/are formed integrally as one piece.

10. The electronics housing according to claim 1, wherein the housing body is shaped to be symmetrical, at least in sections, to at least one plane.

11. The electronics housing according to claim 1, wherein the upper housing upper part and the lower housing part are shaped alike.

12. The electronics housing according to claim 1, wherein the housing body is designed and configured for mounting on a support rail.

14. The electronics housing according to claim 1, wherein a distance between the screw sections is greater than or equal to a length of the threaded section of the screw.

15. A method for housing electronic components by the electronics housing formed according to claim 1, comprising:

connecting the lower housing part and the upper housing part to one another by connecting means in order to form the housing body,

wherein

the connecting means have at least one screw, the thread-forming threaded section of which

a) is first screwed through the connecting region of the upper housing part to form thread,

b) and thereupon is screwed into the connecting region of the lower housing part to form thread at least in sections.

16. The method for housing electronic components according to claim 15, wherein the screw, the thread-forming threaded section of which is designed to form thread at least in sections, is screwed into a hole of at least one connecting region.

13. (canceled)