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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2014
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Oba, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Shigeki Tsujii, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Koki Yamamoto, Himeji, JP;
Akira Koshimizu, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sensor includes: a sensing module furnished with a sensing function; metal terminals transmitting a sensing signal from the sensing module; an insulating fixing portion holding multiple metal terminals separately; and a resin portion encapsulating the metal terminals and the sensing module and also forming a connector portion from which tip ends of the metal terminals are exposed. Protruding portions of the fixing portion are fit into hole portions of the metal terminals before resin encapsulation in a stage where the metal terminals are bonded to the sensing module, so that rigidity of the metal terminals is enhanced to stabilize the locations thereof.