US 12,004,330 B2
Synthetic modular housing with embedded cooling body
Michael Singer, Bärnau (DE); Oliver Küpfer, Gräfenberg (DE); and Thomas Schober, Hahnbach (DE)
Assigned to ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG, Friedrichshafen (DE)
Filed by ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen (DE)
Filed on Aug. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/817,827.
Claims priority of application No. 102021208578.4 (DE), filed on Aug. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0040852 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/20854 (2013.01) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A module housing, comprising:
a cooling element and at least one screw sleeve,
wherein the at least one screw sleeve has a collar with a mounting surface with which the module housing can be mounted on a support and function as an external heat sink,
wherein the cooling element and the at least one screw sleeve form a monolithic element,
wherein the at least one screw sleeve is configured such that heat is conducted from the cooling element to the support via at least the mounting surface, and
wherein the mounting surface is raised in relation to an outer surface of the cooling element, forming a space between the cooling element and the support, such that when the module housing is mounted on the support, only the mounting surface bears on the support.