Patent ID: 9423368
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: G01N,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method for manufacturing a gas sensor including a sensor element capable of detecting the concentration of measured gas; a connector electrically connected to the sensor element; a tubular body in which the sensor element and the connector are placed and which has an open end; leads which are connected to the connector through at least one connection and which extend outward from the open end of the tubular body; and an elastic body which is placed in the tubular body so as to seal the open end, in which connections between the connector and the leads are placed, and through which the leads extend, the method comprising: radially swaging the tubular body and the elastic body at a plurality of swaged sections including a first swaged section located at a site corresponding to at least a portion of the at least one connection in a radial direction of the tubular body and a second swaged section located closer to the open end than the first swaged section, the swaging comprising swaging, among the plurality of swaged sections, a swaged section other than the first swaged section prior to swaging the first swaged section.