US 12,484,161 B2
Printed circuit board housing and assembly process
Arkadiusz Rafalowski, Brzezinka (PL); and Janusz Duralek, Krynica Zdroj (PL)
Assigned to Aptiv Technologies AG, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed by Aptiv Technologies AG, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/392,272.
Claims priority of application No. 22215705 (EP), filed on Dec. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0215178 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
Int. Cl. H05K 5/00 (2025.01)
CPC H05K 5/006 (2013.01) 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A housing for a printed circuit board (PCB), the housing comprising:
a housing base; and
a housing body, wherein:
the housing base includes a PCB retainer,
the housing body includes a corresponding PCB receiver,
the PCB retainer and the PCB receiver are configured such that, when the housing base is coupled to the housing body, the PCB is retained in position securely therebetween,
the housing base includes a base connection member having a contact surface,
the housing body includes a corresponding body connection member,
the base connection member is displaceable under application of a controlled fixing force for engaging with body connection member,
movement of the base connection member results in a vertical displacement of the contact surface of the base connection member,
the housing base is configured for correspondence and mating with the housing body,
the housing base includes:
a base cover portion including a central cover portion and a peripheral cover portion,
an external peripheral wall that includes the base connection member, and
an internal wall that includes the PCB retainer,
each of the peripheral walls extends from the housing base in a direction of the housing body and is configured for coupling thereto,
the external peripheral wall is arranged spaced apart from the internal wall and extending parallel thereto, and
the peripheral cover portion is arranged between the internal and external walls and connects the external wall to the central cover portion.