A housing includes a first chassis and a second chassis which are each formed of a metal sheet. Support projections integrally formed with support pieces formed in the first chassis are fitted into support holes of a circuit board on both left and right sides of a connector. A lower surface of the circuit board is supported by receiving portions formed in the support pieces, and part of the circuit board facing the connector is pressed downward by a pressing projection formed in the second chassis.

A housing for receiving electrical and/or electronic components includes a housing base part and a housing cover which covers the housing base part and which is supported on the housing base part and/or fastened to the housing base part at least by a spacer bolt. The housing cover has an opening. The spacer bolt is integrally or substance bonded to an edge of the opening and the spacer bolt closes the opening. An electronic control unit and a method for producing the housing or the control unit are also provided.

An accommodating member in which an electronic component is accommodated, a cover member that is assembled to the accommodating member to block an opening by being moved toward the opening of the accommodating member, and a positioning structure arranged in an internal space of a housing including at least the assembled accommodating member and the cover member, and which performs positioning at the time of assembly of the accommodating member and the cover member are at least included, and the positioning structure includes a positioning pin arranged inside one of the accommodating member and the cover member, and extending along an assembling direction of the accommodating member and the cover member, and a pin insertion portion arranged inside the other of the accommodating member and the cover member, and into which the positioning pin is inserted at the time of assembly of the accommodating member and the cover member.

A power adapter is disclosed. The power adapter includes housing parts that carries electronic components. To secure the housing parts together, one housing part includes snaps and another housing part includes protrusions and rails. During assembly, the protrusions slide under the snap, causing the snap to deflect in one direction, while the rails slide over the snap, which keeps the snap partially flat but also causes the snap to deflect in another direction. The engagement (during assembly) of the rails and the protrusions to opposing surfaces of the snap cause bi-directional deflection/bending of the snap. When each protrusion is positioned into an opening of the snap, the snap returns to a flat, non-deflected state, and the housing parts are secured together by the snap, protrusions, and rails. The rails support the snaps by limiting or preventing additional deflection of the snap, which subsequently promotes the housing remaining together.

The invention relates to a method (5) for producing a housing (1) for electronics that are used to control an electric motor, wherein the housing (1) is formed by a first housing element (30) and a second housing element (40). According to the invention, the housing elements (30, 40) are composed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy. Furthermore, at least one of the housing elements (30, 40) is created by means of a die-casting method (52). The housing elements (30, 40) are connected to each other tightly, in particular in a fluid-impermeable manner, by means of welding (60).

A surge protection device has a housing that is formed from a first lateral portion, a middle portion, and a second lateral portion that are connected together with a plurality of fasteners. The surge protection device includes an electronic apparatus having a neutral wire and further includes a housing that advantageously includes a strain relief that causes the neutral wire to frictionally engage the housing with sufficient friction to resist a predetermined tension applied to the free end or other portion of the neutral wire at the exterior of the housing from damaging an electrical connection between the neutral wire and a circuit board within an interior region of the surge protection device.

A waterproof electronic equipment unit attached and fixed to a mounted surface having a flat mounting portion and depressed portion is reduced in size by effectively utilizing the depressed portion. A circuit substrate on which is mounted a connector housing is hermetically housed in a frame configured of a base and cover, the base includes a multiple of mounting legs fixed by screwing to a flat mounting portion, a base depressed portion disposed in a mounting surface depressed portion, and an inlet of a water-repellent filter opposing the flat mounting portion across a gap D1, and the connector housing and a high component are disposed in the base depressed portion.

A circuit board of an electronic control device has a surface to which a connector is attached and on which a heat generating component is mounted. A metal casing that stores therein the circuit board has an opposing surface that faces the surface of the circuit board on which the heat generating component is mounted. A first fin that protrudes toward the surface on which the heat generating component is mounted is provided on the opposing surface of the casing. The first fin overlaps the heat generating component in the thickness direction of the circuit board.

The present disclosure relates to an electronic control apparatus for a vehicle, and the electronic control apparatus of the present disclosure includes: an electronic control element which includes an electronic control board which electrically controls each part of a vehicle, and a heating element which is positioned on a surface of the electronic control board; a cover and a base which accommodate the electronic control element; and a connector which is coupled to the electronic control element, in which an edge part where the cover and the base come into contact with each other is configured in a multi-step bent shape.

A method bonds a first member to a second member. The method provides a first member having a bonding surface. A second member is molded from a metal material so as to have a surface constructed and arranged to be bonded to the bonding surface. The surface of the second member is laser trimmed to remove material and to remove byproducts, resulting from molding the second member, from the surface of the second member to thereby define a clean, laser trimmed surface of the second member. A sealant is provided between and in contact with the bonding surface and the clean, laser trimmed surface. The sealant is permitted to cure to thereby bond the first member to the second member.