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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2022
Sick Ag, Waldkirch, DE;
Frank Gutmann, Waldkirch, DE;
Torsten Neuhaeuser, Waldkirch, DE;
Wolfgang Marschner, Waldkirch, DE;
Dominik Paul, Waldkirch, DE;
Matthias Kopf, Waldkirch, DE;
SICK AG, Waldkirch, DE;
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a housing and a housing for an inductive sensor having at least one sleeve-like housing part and at least one beaker-like end cap for a sensor element, wherein the beaker-like end cap, wherein the end cap is composed of plastic, wherein the end cap is arranged in the sleeve-like housing part, wherein the end cap has a peripheral annular pressing surface that has an excess size with respect to an inner diameter of the housing part along an outer diameter of the sleeve-like section so that a press fit is formed between the sleeve like housing part and the end cap, and wherein a jacket-like outer surface of the sleeve-like section of the end cap does not have a step that projects beyond the inner diameter of the sleeve-like housing part.