US 11,939,980 B2
Electronic unit and electric fluid pump, and closure element
Nico Wießmann, Kitzingen (DE); Peter Sudermann, Schwarzenau (DE); Stephan Roos, Wertheim-Höhefeld (DE); Christian Schumpa, Großlangheim (DE); Fabian Müller, Würzburg (DE); and Hans-Jürgen Geßner, Hettstadt (DE)
Assigned to Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Würzburg, (DE)
Appl. No. 17/053,264
Filed by Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Würzburg, Würzburg (DE)
PCT Filed May 3, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/061388
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 5, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/215036, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 14, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 207 120.9 (DE), filed on May 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0285534 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. F04D 13/06 (2006.01); F16H 57/04 (2010.01); H02K 11/30 (2016.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H05K 5/03 (2006.01)
CPC F04D 13/0686 (2013.01) [F16H 57/0436 (2013.01); H02K 11/30 (2016.01); H05K 5/0221 (2013.01); H05K 5/03 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic unit for use in an electric fluid pump for a motor vehicle, the electronic unit comprising:
an electronic assembly;
a function carrier retaining the electronic assembly and including a ventilation opening;
a cooling member disposed on the function carrier, wherein the function carrier and the cooling member are sealed with respect to each other in a fluid-tight manner by means of a fluid seal formed of a hardened sealing compound; and
a closure element, wherein during a hardening process to harden the sealing compound, the ventilation opening is open, wherein after the hardening process, the closure element closes the ventilation opening, wherein the closure element includes a free end and two flexible snap-fit members extending therefrom, and wherein each of the two flexible snap-fit members include a snap hook head that engage an inner surface of the function carrier.