US 12,313,472 B2
Sensor
Abraham Kho, Singapur (SG); Andi Permana, Kepri (ID); and Heinz Strallhofer, Deutschlandsberg (AT)
Assigned to TDK ELECTRONICS AG, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/634,603
Filed by TDK Electronics AG, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Aug. 20, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/073409
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 11, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/037689, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202019104670.8 (DE), filed on Aug. 26, 2019; and application No. 102019129521.1 (DE), filed on Oct. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0326088 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. G01K 1/08 (2021.01); G01D 11/24 (2006.01); G01K 7/22 (2006.01); H01C 7/04 (2006.01)
CPC G01K 1/08 (2013.01) [G01D 11/245 (2013.01); G01K 7/22 (2013.01); H01C 7/04 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor, comprising:
a sensor element;
electrical leads, the sensor element being connected to the electrical leads;
a housing, the housing having an opening and the sensor element being arranged in the housing such that the electrical leads protrude from the opening, the housing having two grooves on an inner surface of the housing, the two grooves extending from the opening along a longitudinal axis into the housing;
epoxy resin, the housing being filled with the epoxy resin and the epoxy resin fixing the sensor element and the electrical leads in the housing; and
wherein the electrical leads have kinks in a portion that is located inside the housing;
wherein the electrical leads are arranged in the grooves, and a lateral force is generated by the kinks of the leads and supports a latching of the electrical leads in the grooves.