US 12,077,110 B2
Consolidated electronics packaging
Jeffrey M. Riepling, Clayton, CA (US); Ryan J. Garrone, San Francisco, CA (US); and Philipp J. Wolf, Capistrano Beach, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/733,462.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/216,056, filed on Jun. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0410826 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 7/00 (2006.01); B60R 16/023 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/03 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 16/0239 (2013.01) [H05K 5/0065 (2013.01); H05K 5/03 (2013.01); H05K 7/20854 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A consolidated electronics unit for a vehicle, comprising:
a housing defining a cavity and mountable in the vehicle adjacent to a thermally-conditioned component of the vehicle;
control units disposed within the cavity, the control units configured for electronic communication with feature units disposed throughout the vehicle; and
a cover configured to:
removably couple to the housing;
enclose the control units within the cavity; and
form a portion of an interior surface of a vehicle cabin of the vehicle,
wherein the thermally-conditioned component is configured to indirectly thermally condition the control units in the housing based on proximity of the housing and the thermally-conditioned component.