HOUSING TO CLAD ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE

• US 20190029128A1
• Filed: 06/29/2018
• Published: 01/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: STAUFF, Sebastian, HAASE, Sascha
• Granted Patent: US 10,512,177 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 45/14639 for obtaining an insulating effect, e.g. for electrical components
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 45/14819 the inserts being completely encapsulated
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2101/12 Thermoplastic materials
• CPC Class Codes: B29L 2031/3481 Housings or casings incorporating or embedding electric or electronic elements
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0207 Wire harnesses
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0239 Electronic boxes
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/03 for supply of electrical power to vehicle subsystems or for circuit arrangements for charging batteries H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0004 comprising several parts forming a closed casing
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0017 with operator interface units
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0247 Electrical details of casings, e.g. terminals, passages for cables or wiring

Abstract

A housing that accommodates and dads electrical components includes a first housing part with a contact area that bears against a windshield of a motor vehicle. A second housing part, which is connected to the first housing part to form a cavity, where the electrical or electronic components are arranged in the cavity. The first or the second housing part has a number of conductor tracks that are conductively connected to the electrical components. In addition, the disclosure relates to a motor vehicle having a housing of this kind and an on-board electronics system, wherein at least some of the conductor tracks are connected to the on-board electronics system.

Claims

1. A housing to clad electrical components of a vehicle comprising:

a first housing part with a contact area that bears the housing against a windshield; and

a second housing part connected to the first housing part to form a cavity, wherein the electrical components are arranged in the cavity,

wherein the first and the second housing parts have conductor tracks to which the electrical components are arranged in the cavity and conductively connected.

2. The housing as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least some of the conductor tracks are connected to an on-board electronics system.

3. The housing as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and the second housing parts are produced from an injection-moldable material and the conductor tracks are at least partially encapsulated by injection molding.

4. The housing as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electrical components comprise an electronic interior rearview mirror, a light sensor, a rain sensor, a moisture sensor, a camera, a charger or a heating apparatus.

5. A motor vehicle comprising:

a first housing part with a contact area that bears the first housing part against a windshield;

a second housing part connected to the first housing part to form a cavity, wherein the first and the second housing parts have conductor tracks that conductively connect electrical components arranged in the cavity; and

an on-board electronics system, wherein at least some of the conductor tracks are connected to the on-board electronics system to interconnect the electrical components and the on-board electronics system.

6. The motor vehicle as claimed in claim 5, wherein the first and the second housing parts are produced from an injection-moldable material and the conductor tracks are at least partially encapsulated by injection molding.

7. The motor vehicle as claimed in claim 5, wherein the electrical components include an electronic interior rearview mirror, a light sensor, a rain sensor, a moisture sensor, a camera, a charger or a heating apparatus.

8. The motor vehicle as claimed in claim 5, wherein the on-board electronics system includes a control unit that is configured to control the electrical components via signal interchange.

9. A method to produce a housing to accommodate electrical components of a motor vehicle, comprising:

providing a first housing part and a second housing part by injection molding to define a cavity between the first and second housing parts, wherein the electrical components are arranged in the cavity; and

encapsulating conductor tracks during the injection-molding operation to conductively connect the electrical components to a control unit of an on-board electronics system.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9 further comprising interchanging signals between the electrical components and the control unit to control the electrical components.

11. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the electrical components include an electronic interior rearview mirror, a light sensor, a rain sensor, a moisture sensor, a camera, a charger or a heating apparatus.