Harman Becker Automotive Systems Gmbh

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellscaft

Stefan Schmidberger

Andreas Sachsenhauser

Michael Bachmayer

Thomas Schwabl

A casting mold for a crankcase of an internal combustion engine includes a water jacket core which has a frame core and a cooling duct core. A land core is provided which is designed and positioned in such a way as to form a cooling duct in an inter-cylinder land of a crankcase. The land core is retained in the frame core and is, or can be, centered using a top core.

Casting mold and process for manufacturing a crankcase

An electronic assembly includes a semiconductor device mounted on a printed circuit board, a leaf spring and a cooling plate. A plurality of fasteners pass through co-axial apertures of the leaf spring, the printed circuit board and the cooling plate, such that a contact surface of the leaf spring imparts a force on the semiconductor device to retain the semiconductor device in a thermally conductive position with respect to the cooling plate. A positive cooling effect is achieved regardless of mounting conditions including orientation of the electronic assembly, and the position of the semiconductor device on the cooling plate.

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Straubing, Germany

Stefan Schmidberger