Control device, especially for a motor vehicle

• US 6,028,770 A
• Filed: 07/27/1998
• Issued: 02/22/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH (Continental AG)
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Ott, Reinhold, Vogl, Gunter, Kerner, Nikolaus
• Primary Examiner(s): Picard, Leo P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHERVINSKY, BORIS LEO
• Application Number:
  US09/117,242
• Time in Patent Office: 575 Days
• Field of Search: 361/699-704, 361/707, 361/709, 361/711, 361/721, 361/719, 439/485, 439/487, 165/80.2, 165/80.3, 165/185, 174/252, 174/16.1, 174/16.3
• US Class Current: 361/704
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0239 Electronic boxes
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/05 Insulated conductive substrates, e.g. insulated metal substrate
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/144 Stacked arrangements of planar printed circuit boards
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0082 specially adapted for transmission control units, e.g. gearbox controllers

Abstract

In a control device for a motor vehicle having a cooling plate between an upper component of the housing and a lower component of the housing wherein a first printed circuit board which is fitted with an electrical circuit is mounted on the cooling plate. Arranged underneath the cooling plate is a plug component on the lower component of the housing. Plug pins of the plug component are fitted into a second printed circuit board which is also arranged underneath the cooling plate. The plug pins are electrically connected to the first printed circuit board via conductor tracks of the second printed circuit board and connecting elements between the second printed circuit board and the first printed circuit board.

Claims

1. A control device for a motor vehicle, comprising:

a cooling plate;

a first printed circuit board arranged on an upper side of the cooling plate;

a plug component with plug pins, the plug component arranged on a side of the cooling plate facing away from the first printed circuit board;

a second printed circuit board arranged between the plug component and the cooling plate on the side of the cooling plate facing away from the first printed circuit board, wherein the plug pins are in contact solely with the second printed circuit board; and

connecting elements for electrically connecting the second printed circuit board to the first printed circuit board.

2. A control device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

conductor tracks on the second printed circuit board, wherein the plug pins are electrically connected to the first printed circuit board via the conductor tracks and the connecting element.

3. A control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first printed circuit board is a hybrid circuit carrier.

4. A control device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

an upper housing component, wherein the upper housing component and the cooling plate form a first housing chamber for the first printed circuit board.

5. A control device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a lower housing component, wherein the lower housing component and the cooling plate form a second housing chamber for the second printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board is arranged on the inside of the lower housing component.

6. A control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

an upper housing component and the cooling plate collectively form a housing chamber;

the plug component is electrically connected to the first printed circuit board;

the cooling plate is arranged between the upper housing component and a lower housing component;

the second printed circuit board is arranged between the cooling plate and the lower housing component;

the plug component is arranged underneath the second printed circuit board on the lower housing component; and

a connector component including at least one section of the connecting element is provided.

7. A control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plug component is permanently connected to the cooling plate.

8. A control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plug component is attached directly to the cooling plate.

9. A control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connecting elements are bonding wires.

10. A control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cooling plate includes an opening not covered by the first printed circuit board through which the connecting elements are routed.

11. A control device for a motor vehicle, comprising:

a cooling plate;

a first printed circuit board arranged on an upper side of the cooling plate;

a plug component with plug pins, the plug component arranged on a side of the cooling plate facing away from the first printed circuit board;

a second printed circuit board arranged between the plug component and the cooling plate on the side of the cooling plate facing away from the first printed circuit board, wherein the plug pins are in contact solely with the second printed circuit board;

connecting elements for electrically connecting the second printed circuit board to the first printed circuit board, wherein the cooling plate includes an opening not covered by the first printed circuit board through which the connecting elements are routed; and

a connector component projecting into the opening of the cooling plate, the connector component including at least one section of the connecting elements.

12. A control device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the connector component is a multi-point connector having contact pins electrically connected to the second printed circuit board.

13. A control device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the connector component and the second printed circuit board collectively form a flexible printed circuit board.

14. A control device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the connector component includes contact areas electrically connected to the connecting elements.

15. A control device as claimed in claim 14, further comprising:

bonding wires leading from the contact areas to the first printed circuit board.

16. A control device as claimed in claim 14, further comprising:

a web on the lower housing component in a region underneath the opening wherein the web and the connector component extend through the opening.

17. A control device as claimed in claim 16, wherein a region of the connector component containing the contact areas is arranged on an end of the web.

18. A control device as claimed in claim 17, wherein the region containing the contact areas is arranged over the first printed circuit board and the contact areas are electrically connected to the first printed circuit board.

19. A control device for a motor vehicle, comprising:

a cooling plate;

a first printed circuit board arranged on an upper side of the cooling plate;

a plug component with plug pins, the plug component arranged on a side of the cooling plate facing away from the first printed circuit board;

a second printed circuit board arranged between the plug component and the cooling plate on the underside of the cooling plate, wherein the plug pins are in contact solely with the second printed cirucit board; and

connectng elements for electrically connecting the second printed circuit board to the first printed circuit board.

20. A control device as claimed in claim 19, wherein the plug component is permanently connected to the cooling plate in a region defined by the electrical contact areas between the plug pins and the second printed circuit board.

21. A control device as claimed in claim 19, wherein the connecting elements extend from contact areas on the upperside of the first printed circuit board to contact areas on the upperside of the second printed circuit board.

22. A control device as claimed in claim 19, wherein the plug pins are fitted into the second printed circuit board in a region where the cooling plate has a recess.