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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2023
Aptiv Technologies Ag, Schaffhausen, CH;
Falk Rademacher, Gummersbach, DE;
Aptiv Technologies AG, Schaffhausen, CH;
Abstract
Disclosed is an electric coupling system including an electronic control unit (ECU). The ECU includes an ECU housing having at least one guide element and a first thermal contact surface. The ECU includes an electric connector. The electric coupling system further includes a receiving unit for coupling with the ECU. The receiving unit includes a receiving housing to accommodate the ECU at least partially, the receiving housing including at least one guide track and a heat sink with a second thermal contact surface for establishing planar contact with the first thermal contact surface. The receiving unit further includes an electric counter connector for mating with the electric connector.