Method for Producing a Housing Enclosing a Control Unit

The invention relates to a method for producing a housing (7) enclosing a control unit (8) by mechanically forming a starting material (1), wherein the control unit (8) is configured to control particularly a vehicle headlight, comprising the following steps:a) providing an essentially strip-shaped, preferably metal starting material (1), wherein the starting material (1) is subdivided into at least three subareas (4, 5, 6) adjacent to one another, which are separated by fold axes (11, 13);b) forming cooling fins (4a) on a first subarea (4);c) forming a housing bottom (5a) on a second subarea (5);d) forming a housing cover (6a) on a third subarea (6);e) carrying out a folding operation, in which the first subarea (4) is folded about the first fold axis (11) onto the second subarea;f) attaching the control unit (8) to the second subarea (4) [sic];g) carrying out a folding operation, in which the third subarea (6) is folded about the second fold axis (13) onto the second subarea;h) fixing the first subarea (4) to the second subarea (5) and fixing the second subarea (5) to the third subarea (6) with at least one fixing element (16).