US 12,316,192 B2
Connection adapter for multiple PCBs in actuator
Michael Howard, Brooklyn, MI (US); and Steffen Ehrich, Livonia, MI (US)
Assigned to STONERIDGE CONTROL DEVICES, INC., Novi, MI (US)
Filed by STONERIDGE CONTROL DEVICES, INC., Novi, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/987,171.
Prior Publication US 2024/0162778 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. H02K 5/22 (2006.01); H02K 11/00 (2016.01); H02K 11/33 (2016.01)
CPC H02K 5/225 (2013.01) [H02K 11/33 (2016.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An actuator comprising:
a housing including a main housing portion and a motor housing portion;
a motor mounted to the housing and operatively coupled to an output shaft, wherein the motor is arranged in the motor housing portion;
a first PCB arranged in the housing near the motor and including a motor circuit;
a second PCB arranged in the housing and spaced at a gap from the first PCB;
an electrical adapter arranged in the gap and operatively electrically connecting the first and second PCBs, the adapter including first and second ends opposite one another, and electrical elements extending between the first and second ends to first and second terminals respectively provided at the first and second ends, the electrical elements arranged in a rigid enclosure configured to maintain the first and second terminals in fixed relationship to one another during assembly of the actuator; and
a support plate internally separating the main housing portion from the motor housing portion to provide a motor cavity within which the motor is arranged, wherein the first PCB is mounted to the support plate and is arranged within the motor cavity.