KR19980048716U - Electronic Control Module (ECM) Case - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electronic control module (ECM) case, each component of the electronic control module configured to receive information from various sensors of the vehicle and to operate various circuits and systems, the electronic is mounted on the vehicle body In the control module case (case), the component parts of the electronic control module is built, the upper surface 11, the fastening groove 16 is formed in a portion, the upper surface 11 facing the fastening groove 17 in part ) Is formed on the lower surface 12, the first side surface 13 connecting one side of the upper surface 11 and the lower surface 12, the second side surface 14 opposite to the first side surface 13. And a housing 10 in which a central surface 15 to which the components of the electronic control module are fixed is integrally formed. The upper side 21 and the upper side 21 are formed to shield the housing 10 and protrude from a fastening piece 26 to be fastened and fixed to the fastening groove 16 of the upper surface 11. The lower side 22 protruding from the fastening piece 27 fastened to the groove 17, the first side 23 connected to one side of the upper side 21 and the lower side 22, and the upper side ( 21 and the bracket 30 which is integrally formed with the second side 24 connected to the other side of the lower side 22 and the main body 25 opposite to the central surface 15 of the housing 10. It is characterized in that the configuration, manufacturing and molding is simple and easy to assemble the mounting space is minimized when mounted on the vehicle body has the effect of increasing the interior space of the vehicle body.

Description

Electronic Control Module (ECM) Case

The present invention relates to an electronic control module (ECM) case, and more particularly, a coupling structure between a housing in which components of the electronic control module are embedded and a bracket for fixing the electronic control module to a vehicle body. The simple configuration can be combined simply and easily, as well as the electronic control module case is minimized the mounting space for the vehicle body.

Recently, a variety of electronic control modules or electronic control units (ECCs) are provided in automobiles for accurate operation and control, and partial perspective views showing installation states of such general electronic control modules are shown. An exploded perspective view of the electronic control module case is shown.

1 and 2, an electronic control module case including an electronic control module according to a first embodiment of the present invention is located between a front seat of a passenger seat, that is, between a front pillar of a vehicle body and a pillar trim for isolating the front pillar and a room. It is installed.

The electronic control module case (1) is a housing (2) in which various components or elements of the electronic control module and the housing (2) is closed and the bracket for fixing the electronic control module case (1) itself to the vehicle body ( 3) consists of. The housing 2 has an open box shape, and two fixing grooves 4a, 4b; 5a, 5b are formed in the upper surface 4 and the lower surface 5 of the housing 2, respectively. . In addition, the bracket 3 is formed in a plate shape for closing the opening of the housing 2, the upper side 6 and the lower side 7 of the bracket 3, the upper surface 4 of the housing 2 And fixing pieces 6a, 6b; 7a, 7b which are inserted into and fixed in the respective fixing grooves 4a, 4b; 5a, 5b formed in the bottom surface 5). Further, fastening pieces 6c; 7c are formed between the respective fixing pieces 6a, 6b; 7a, 7b, and each of the fastening pieces 6c, 7c is an upper surface of the housing 2. It is fastened to the center part of each edge 4c, 5c of 4 and the lower surface 5. As shown in FIG.

Here, each of the fixing pieces 6a, 6b; 7a, 7b serves to prevent left and right movement or swinging between the housing 2 and the bracket 3, and the fastening pieces 6c and 7c are provided with a housing ( 2) and the bracket (3) to prevent the separation of the front and rear direction.

Of course, the upper side 6 and the lower side 7 of the bracket 3 have mounting parts 6d and 7d for fixing the bracket 3 or the case 1 itself to a vehicle body such as a front pillar, for example. It is formed integrally.

Accordingly, the mounting bracket 3 is fixed and fastened to the housing 2 so that the mounting bracket 3 is mounted on the vehicle body in the assembled state.

However, the fixing and fastening structure of each of the housing 2 and the bracket 3 of the electronic control module case 1 has been found to be complicated and not easy to assemble. That is, the fixing grooves 4a, 4b; 5a, 5b and the fixing pieces 6a, 6b; 7a, 7b for preventing left and right movements between the housing 2 and the bracket 3 must be formed, respectively. Since the fastening pieces 6c and 7c must be formed separately to prevent post-separation, the number thereof increases and becomes complicated, as well as the complex shape of each fixing groove and the fixing piece itself. There was a problem that the assembly is not easy because the fixing piece must match exactly.

Therefore, the present invention is devised to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic control module case in which a housing and a bracket can be easily coupled to each other.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic control module case which can prevent the left and right departure and the front and rear separation between the housing and the bracket in a simple manner by moving one fixing groove and the fixing piece.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic control module case in which the mounting space is minimized when mounted on the vehicle body.

These objects are achieved by a preferred embodiment of the present invention, according to one aspect of the present invention, each component of the electronic control module configured to receive information from various sensors of the vehicle and to operate various circuits and systems are embedded In the electronic control module case is mounted to the vehicle body of the vehicle, the component parts of the electronic control module is embedded, the upper surface is formed with a fastening groove on a part, the lower surface facing the upper surface and the fastening groove is formed on a part, A housing in which a first side surface connecting one side of the upper surface and the lower surface, a second side surface facing the first side surface, and a central surface to which components of the electronic control module are fixed are integrally formed; The upper side shielding the housing, the upper side protruding the fastening piece fastened to the fastening groove of the upper surface, the lower side facing the upper side protruding fastening piece fastened to the fastening groove, one side of the upper side and the lower side And a bracket formed integrally with a first side of the body connected to the second side, the second side of the upper side and the other side of the lower side, and a main body portion opposed to the center surface of the housing.

According to another aspect of the present invention, each of the fastening grooves formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the housing is formed on the support surface, the first side portion integrally formed on one side of the support surface, perpendicular to the other side of the support surface A second side portion facing the first side portion, and a contact surface formed to be inclined downwardly from a connection portion between the support surface and the upper surface, wherein the fastening piece is a support portion supported on the support surface, and is perpendicular to the center surface. It characterized in that it comprises a front surface positioned on the plane, a contact surface in contact with the upper and lower surfaces respectively, the fastening piece fastened to the contact surface of the fastening groove.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the size of the fastening piece is characterized in that the same or smaller than the width of the upper and lower surfaces of the housing.

1 is a partial perspective view illustrating a state in which a general low power control module is mounted.

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of a typical electronic control module case.

3 is an exploded perspective view of the electronic control module case according to the present invention.

4A is a cross sectional view along line A-A in FIG. 3;

4B is a cross sectional view along line B-B in FIG. 3;

Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

10: housing 11: upper surface

12: lower surface 13: first side

14: second side 15: central plane

16, 17: fastening groove 20: bracket

21: upper side 22: lower side

23: first side 24: second side

25: main body 26, 27: fastening piece

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 is an exploded perspective view of the electronic control module according to the present invention, Figure 4A is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the electronic control module case is assembled, Figure 4B is an electronic control module case is assembled A yellow cross section in the state is shown.

3, 4A and 4B, the electronic control module case according to the present invention basically shields the housing 10 and the housing in which various components of the electronic control module are embedded, and the electronic control module case itself to the vehicle body. It consists of a bracket 20 for fixing.

In more detail, the housing 10 of the electronic control module according to the present invention has an upper surface 11, a lower surface 12 facing the upper surface 11, the upper surface 11, and a lower surface 12. The first side surface 13 is connected to one side of the side, the second side surface 14 and the second side opposite to the first side surface 13 and connected to the other side of the upper surface 11 and the lower surface 12 and The central surface 15, which is connected to each of the component surfaces 11, 12, 13, and 14, is integrally formed.

In particular, the upper surface 11 is formed with a fastening groove 16 to occupy only a portion of the upper surface, and also the lower surface 12 is formed with a fastening groove 17 to occupy only a portion of the lower surface. Each of the fastening grooves 16 and 17 may include a first side portion 16b and 17b vertically formed at one side of the support surfaces 16a and 17a, and the support surfaces 16a and 17a, and the support surfaces 16a and 17a. A second side portion 16c; 17c perpendicular to the first side portion 16b; 17b opposite to the first side portion 16b; 17b, and a contact surface 16d, 17d in contact with the upper surface 11 and inclined at an acute angle. do.

In addition, the bracket 20 has an upper side 21, a lower side 22 opposite to the upper surface 21, a first side 23, and a second side 24 opposite to the first side 23. And a main body 25 facing the central surface 15 of the housing 10 and shielding the housing 10. Each side 21, 22, 23, 24 of this bracket 20 abuts or attaches to each side 11, 12, 13, 14 of the housing 10.

In particular, the upper side 21 of the bracket 20 is formed with a fastening piece 26 to be fastened to the fastening groove 16 formed in the upper surface 11 of the housing 10, the lower side 22 The fastening piece 27 which is fastened to the fastening groove 17 formed in the lower surface 12 of the housing 10 is integrally formed. The size of each fastening piece 26, 27 preferably matches the width of each of the upper and lower surfaces 11 and 12 of the housing.

Each of the fastening grooves 26 and 27 is supported by the support portions 26a and 27a and the center surface 15 supported by the support surfaces 16a and 17a when the housing 10 and the bracket 20 are fastened and assembled. A front surface (26b; 27b) located on the same vertical surface, contact surfaces (26c; 27c) in contact with the upper surface (11) and lower surface (12), and a fastening surface fastened to the contact surface (16d; 17d) ( 26d; 27d) are integrally formed. Each of the fastening pieces 26 and 27 is also preferably formed of an elastic material so as to be elastically and firmly fastened to the respective fastening grooves 16 and 17.

In addition, it is preferable that the respective mounting brackets 28a and 28b fixed to the vehicle body protrude integrally at appropriate positions of the upper side 21 and the lower side 22 of the bracket 20.

The upper side of the bracket 20 in the fastening grooves 16 and 17 formed in the upper and lower surfaces 11 and 12, respectively, of the housing 10 in which various components of the electronic control module according to the present invention are incorporated. 21) and the assembly of the electronic control module case is completed by fastening the fastening pieces 26 and 27 formed on the lower sides 22 elastically, for example, in a snap fashion.

In particular, in the assembled state, the front surfaces 26b and 27b of the fastening pieces 26 and 27 of the bracket 20 do not protrude outside the center surface of the housing 10. Accordingly, when the electronic control module case assembled as described above is fixed to the vehicle body, the mounting space is minimized. For example, the space between the filler and the filler trim on which the electronic control module is mounted is reduced, thereby increasing the interior space of the vehicle.

As a result, each of the fastening means of the housing and the bracket of the electronic control module case according to the present invention can be formed simply and easily, and accordingly, mutual assembly can be achieved very easily and quickly. In addition, since the actual mounting space can be significantly reduced, there is an effect that the effective space of the room is expanded.

Although a preferred embodiment according to the present invention has been described above, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made without departing from the scope of the appended claims.

Claims (3)

In an electronic control module case mounted on the vehicle body of each of the components of the electronic control module configured to receive information from various sensors of the vehicle and to operate various circuits and systems, Components of the electronic control module are built-in, the upper surface 11, the fastening groove 16 is formed in a portion, the lower surface 12 facing the upper surface 11 and the fastening groove 17 is formed in a portion The first side surface 13 connecting one side of the upper surface 11 and the lower surface 12, the second side surface 14 facing the first side surface 13, and components of the electronic control module A housing 10 having a central surface 15 fixed thereto; The upper side 21 and the upper side 21 are formed to shield the housing 10 and protrude from a fastening piece 26 to be fastened and fixed to the fastening groove 16 of the upper surface 11. The lower side 22 protruding from the fastening piece 27 fastened to the groove 17, the first side 23 connected to one side of the upper side 21 and the lower side 22, and the upper side ( 21 and the bracket 30 which is integrally formed with the second side 24 connected to the other side of the lower side 22 and the main body 25 opposite to the central surface 15 of the housing 10. Electronic control module case composed. The fastening grooves 16 and 17 formed in the upper surface 11 and the lower surface 12 of the housing 10 are support surfaces 16a and 17a and the support surfaces 16a and 17a, respectively. A first side portion 16b; 17b integrally formed on one side of the side), a second side portion 16c; 17c vertically formed on the other side of the support surface 16a; 17a, and opposite to the first side portion, and the And a contact surface 16d; 17d formed to be inclined downward from the junction of the support surface 16a; 17a and the upper surface 11, wherein the fastening piece 26; 27 is the support surface 16a; 17a. Support portions 26a; 27a supported on the front surface, front surfaces 26b; 27b positioned on the same vertical plane as the central surface 15, and contact surfaces 26c; 27c respectively contacting the upper surface 11 and the lower surface. And a fastening piece (26d; 27d) fastened to the contact surface (16d; 17d) of the fastening groove (16; 17). The electronic control according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the size of the fastening piece (26; 27) is equal to or smaller than the width of the upper surface (11) and the lower surface (12) of the housing (10). Module case.