Patent ID: 6666077
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: G01P

Abstract:
A sensor device, comprising;a sensor element having a substantially spherical shape with a minimum dimension; two wire-shaped connectors extending from said sensor element in straight lines, said two wire-shaped connectors running substantially parallel to and spaced from one another; and a supporting element having a supporting body through which said wire-shaped connectors extend, and a supporting foot integral with said supporting body to support the sensor device; said two wire-shaped connectors, said sensor element and said supporting body confining between themselves a free space lying in a plane and being of a predefined width and a predefined height; said supporting foot being a substantially plate-shaped part with a predefined length dimension and a predefined height dimension and being oriented such that said predetermined length dimension being traverse to said plane of said free space and said height dimension being parallel to said straight lines; said minimum dimension of said sensor element and said predefined length dimension and said height dimension of said supporting foot being dimensioned, in relation to said free space, such that neither said sensor element nor said supporting foot can enter a free space having equivalent dimensions of said above-mentioned free space.