Appeal No. 2006-3181
Application No. 10/253,442
The claimed invention relates to a vehicle control device
housing including a metallic shell having parallel top and bottom
walls and opposed side walls that interconnect the top and bottom
walls and an open front face. The side walls of the shell have
an internal groove extending parallel to and spaced from the
bottom wall of the shell. A shaped carrier structure having a
pair of opposed lateral edges is accommodated within the shell
with the opposed lateral edges fitted in the grooves of the
housing side walls.
Claim 12 is illustrative of the invention and reads as
follows:
12. A housing for an electronic control device in vehicles,
comprising a metallic shell that has parallel top and bottom
walls, opposed side walls interconnecting said top and bottom
walls over the whole length of said top and bottom walls to form
outer side walls of said metallic shell, and an open front face,
said outer side walls being essentially perpendicular to said top
and bottom walls, and further comprising a shaped carrier
structure that has a pair of opposed lateral edges, each of said
outer side walls having an internal groove extending parallel to
and spaced from said bottom wall, said grooves being formed by
outwardly projecting wall portions of said outer side walls, said
carrier structure being accommodated within said shell and having
said lateral edges fitted in said grooves, and said outwardly
projecting wall portions being deformed for directly contacting
said lateral edges of said carrier structure to establish an
electrical ground connection between said shell and said carrier
structure.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Bader et al. (Bader) 5,563,450 Oct. 08, 1996
Husby et al. (Husby) 5,756,948 May 26, 1998
Cox et al. (Cox) 6,191,950 Feb. 20, 2001
Claims 12-15 and 20 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C.
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