Patent ID: 7735354
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: F01N,G01F,G01N

Abstract:
1. A liquid-condition detection sensor, at least a portion of which is to be immersed in a liquid to be measured, and which is adapted to detect a condition of the liquid to be measured, comprising: a sensor element, at least a portion of which is to be immersed in the liquid to be measured; a terminal member fixedly attached to the sensor element; an electrically conductive path member connected to the terminal member and electrically communicating with the sensor element via the terminal member; a holder tube extending in a longitudinal direction of the sensor, directly or indirectly holding the sensor element at a distal end portion thereof, and surrounding at least a portion of the electrically conductive path member and at least a portion of the terminal member; and a separator intervening between the terminal member and the holder tube and insulating the terminal member and the holder tube from one another.