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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sotoo Takahashi, Okazaki, JP;
Matsuo Fukaya, Oobu, JP;
Assignee:
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 1/14 ; G01K 1/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 1/14 ; G01K 1/08 ;
Abstract
In a temperature sensor inserted into a hole formed in a wall of an exhaust gas passage thereby to set a temperature sensitive element in position in the passage, a metal rib in close contact with a hole for preventing the leakage of the exhaust gas is welded over the entire outer peripheral surface of a metal outer cylinder at the end thereof nearer to the passage, and a cylindrical metal sleeve for covering lead wire connecting portions is welded over the entire periphery of a protrusion of the rib at a position further away from the passage than the coupling portion between the rib and the outer cylinder.