1-12. (canceled)
13. A control module for a motor vehicle, the control module comprising:
a base plate;
an electrical unit having an electronic module, the electrical unit being situated on a top side of the base plate;
an electrical feeder line to electrically connect the electronic module to an external electrical component; and
a protective compound applied to a top side of the base plate tightly covering the electrical unit to provide protection against environmental influences; and
wherein the base plate protrudes beyond the protective compound in a planar extent on the entire circumference.
14. The control module as recited in claim 13, wherein the protective compound is an insulating compound.
15. The control module as recited in claim 13, wherein the protective compound is only on the top side of the base plate and not on a bottom side of the base plate.
16. The control module as recited in claim 13, wherein all electrically insulated feeder lines are mounted on a bottom side of the base plate directed opposite the protective compound.
17. The control module as recited in claim 13, wherein the base plate has an opening beneath which the feeder line is situated, for a feed-through of an electrical line between the electronic module and the feeder line, and wherein the feeder line is situated on the bottom side of the base plate.
18. The control module as recited in claim 17, wherein the protective compound seals the opening in the base plate.
19. The control module as recited in claim 16, wherein the feeder line is a foil conductor element having a stiffening element beneath the opening on its side opposite the opening.
20. The control module as recited in claim 13, wherein an interconnect device is adhesively affixed to the base plate.
21. The control module as recited in claim 13, wherein the control module is a control module for an automatic transmission in a motor vehicle.
22. The control module as recited in claim 17, wherein the feeder line is a punched screen having a punched screen part, which is inserted into a second opening in the base plate and provides an electrical feeder line having a high current-carrying capacity.
23. A motor vehicle having a control module, the control module including:
a base plate;
an electrical unit having an electronic module, the electrical unit being situated on a top side of the base plate;
an electrical feeder line to electrically connect the electronic module to an external electrical component; and
a protective compound applied to a top side of the base plate tightly covering the electrical unit to provide protection against environmental influences; and
wherein the base plate protrudes beyond the protective compound in a planar extent on the entire circumference.
24. A method for manufacturing a control module, comprising:
providing a base plate with an electronic module;
mounting an electrical feeder line; and
applying a protective compound, which provides protection against environmental influences on a top side of the base plate to tightly cover the electrical unit, wherein the base plate protrudes beyond the protective compound in a planar extent on the entire circumference.
25. The method as recited in claim 24, wherein the applying of the protective compound to the top side of the base plate is carried out by using a molding tool including a tool bottom part and a tool top part, the base plate being inserted into the tool bottom part during application of the protective compound and the tool top part being in contact on a top side of the base plate along a circumferential sealing line during the applying of the protective compound.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A process for making an ornament from hoof material, comprising steps of:
obtaining hoof material; and
applying a decorative coating to the hoof material.
2. A process of claim 1, further comprising a step of removing contaminants from a surface of the hoof material before applying a decorative coating to the hoof material.
3. A process of claim 1, further comprising a step of sanitizing the hoof material before applying a decorative coating to the hoof material.
4. A process of claim 1, further comprising a step of shaping the hoof material before applying a decorative coating to the hoof material.
5. A process of claim 2, further comprising a step of sanitizing the hoof material after removing contaminants from a surface of the hoof material and before applying a decorative coating to the hoof material.
6. A process of claim 2, further comprising a step of shaping the hoof material after removing contaminants from a surface of the hoof material and before applying a decorative coating to the hoof material.
7. A process of claim 2, further comprising a step of sanitizing the hoof material after removing contaminants from a surface of the hoof material and before applying a decorative coating to the hoof material, and a step of shaping the hoof material before applying a decorative coating to the hoof material.
8. A process of claim 1, further comprising a step of incorporating the hoof material in a wearable personal ornament.
9. A process of claim 8, wherein the wearable personal ornament is a finger ring, an ear ring, a necklace, a brooch, an amulet, a bracelet, an anklet or a belt buckle.
10. A process of claim 1, wherein the coating comprises a synthetic or natural polymer.
11. A process of claim 1, wherein the coating comprises a polyurethane varnish.
12. A process of claim 6, wherein the step of shaping the hoof material includes polishing a surface of the hoof material.
13. An ornament comprising:
hoof material having a decorative coating on a surface of the hoof material.
14. An ornament of claim 13, wherein the coating comprises a synthetic or natural polymer.
15. An ornament of claim 13, wherein the coating comprises a polyurethane varnish.
16. A wearable personal ornament comprising:
hoof material having a smooth surface and a decorative coating bonded on the smooth surface; and
a wire, metal collet, metal plate, ring, screw-eye, cord or chain to which the hoof material is attached.
17. A wearable personal ornament of claim 16, which is a finger ring, earring, necklace, brooch, bracelet, anklet, amulet or belt buckle.
18. A wearable personal ornament of claim 16, in which the decorative coating comprises a synthetic or natural polymer.
19. A wearable personal ornament of claim 16, in which the decorative coating comprises a polyurethane varnish.
20. A wearable personal ornament of claim 16, in which the hoof material is horse hoof material.