Bussplate

• US 6,007,351 A
• Filed: 07/23/1998
• Issued: 12/28/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Packard Hughes Interconnect Company
• Original Assignee: Packard Hughes Interconnect Company
• Inventors: Winters, Phillip D., Walters, Larry B., Gabrisko, Ronald E. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bradley, Paula
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gilman, Alexander
• Application Number:
  US09/121,372
• Time in Patent Office: 523 Days
• Field of Search: 439/92, 439/76.1, 439/76.2, 439/620, 439/607, 439/95, 439/108, 439/608, 439/609, 439/610, 439/74, 439/75, 439/493, 439/213, 361/627, 361/736, 361/360, 361/412, 174/52.1
• US Class Current: 439/76.2
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0069 having connector relating features for connecting the connector pins with the PCB or for mounting the connector body with the housing
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 9/0018 with provisions to reduce aperture leakages in walls, e.g. terminals, connectors, cables

Abstract

A bussplate for an electronic device includes a plate having a plurality of integral electrical ground interfaces for commonizing electrical ground current within the electronic device. The plate grounds filter inserts that filter the electronic device from electronic noise and shields the electronic device from electromagnetic interference.

Claims

1. An electronic controller comprising:

a housing having at least one aperture;

a printed circuit board mounted to said housing;

an electrical connector mounted to said housing;

a filter insert disposed between said electrical connector and said printed circuit board; and

a bussplate disposed in said at least one aperture and having a plurality of different types of ground interfaces for electrically contacting and grounding said filter insert and said printed circuit board and said electrical connector to a common electrical ground.

2. An electronic controller as set forth in claim 1 wherein said bussplate is a stamped metal plate.

3. An electronic controller as set forth in claim 1 wherein said housing is generally planar.

4. An electronic controller as set forth in claim 1 wherein said housing is made of a corrosion-resistant material.

5. An electronic controller as set forth in claim 4 wherein said corrosion-resistant material is plastic.

6. An electronic controller as set forth in claim 1 wherein said ground interfaces include at least one first ground interface blade extending perpendicularly from said bussplate for electrically grounding said filter insert.

7. An electronic controller as set forth in claim 6 wherein said ground interfaces include at least one second ground interface blade extending perpendicularly from said bussplate and through said electrical connector for electrically grounding said electrical connector.

8. An electronic controller as set forth in claim 7 wherein said ground interfaces include at least one third ground interface blade extending perpendicularly from said bussplate for electrically grounding said printed circuit board.

9. An electronic controller as set forth in claim 8 wherein said ground interfaces include at least one fourth ground interface blade extending perpendicularly from said bussplate for electrically grounding said housing.

10. An electronic controller as set forth in claim 9 wherein said bussplate has a planar portion and said ground interfaces extending perpendicularly from said planar portion.