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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2022
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey M. Riepling, Clayton, CA (US);
Ryan J. Garrone, San Francisco, CA (US);
Philipp J. Wolf, Capistrano Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
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);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 16/0239 (2013.01); H05K 5/0065 (2013.01); H05K 5/03 (2013.01); H05K 7/20854 (2013.01);
Abstract
A housing for a consolidated electronics unit of a vehicle includes side walls mountable to vehicle rails of the vehicle, a bottom wall coupled to the side walls, and a cover removably coupleable to the side walls and configured to form a portion of an interior surface of a vehicle cabin of the vehicle. The cover, the side walls, and the bottom wall form a cavity configured to enclose control units that are in electronic communication with feature units disposed throughout the vehicle.