Patent ID: 6532650
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: G01D,G01L,Y10T

Abstract:
A process for making a measuring or detecting electronic device that includes plural active components, the process comprising the steps of:providing a support body that is to be a mechanically supportive skeleton for the device; positioning the active components in the support body in a desired arrangement; holding the active components in the desired arrangement in the support body with a retention member that is attached to the support body; at least partially encapsulating the support body, the active components and the retention member with a resin to form a substantially monoblock member that includes the support body, the active components and the retention member; at least partially overmolding the monoblock member under pressure with a thermoplastic material that is compatible with the resin to form the measuring or detecting electronic device; and attaching the retention member to the support body by snap-in arrangement of distal ends of the retention member to opposing sides of the support body so that a portion of the retention member between the distal ends straddles and holds the active components.