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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01H 1/108 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01H 1/108 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to an Ultrasound Sensor, especially for a vehicle and the passenger compartment thereof, comprising a can-shaped housing, a housing base, a housing closure and a sensor element arranged at the base inside the housing, and in the area of the housing closure there is arranged a contact device which is attachable, in locally fixed fashion, inside housing; the contact device presenting, in the direction of the longitudinal axis, a penetrating recess and being connected, in electrically conductive fashion, in at least one contact point with at least one electrode of the sensor element by means of thick-stranded wire. The invention also relates to a method for producing the Ultrasound Sensor.