Patent ID: 6812710
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
A gas probe for installation in an exhaust gas line of an internal combustion engine for determining at least one property of a gas in the exhaust line, the gas probe comprising a metal housing, an essentially planar sensor element (21) disposed in the metal housing in electrically insulated fashion, the sensor element having at least one contact face (22) which is conductively connected to a metal conductor element (23), and an electrically insulating contact holder (24) for the conductor element (23), a contact spring (25) pressing the conductor element (23) against the contact face (22), the spring element (25) engaging the contact holder (24), the contact holder (24) including an indentation (26) with the conductor element (23) disposed in the indentation (26) of the contact holder (24), the indentation being oriented toward the contact face (22) of the sensor element (21), a region of the conductor element (23) protruding from the indentation (26) of the contact holder (24) and being in contact with the contact face (22) under the influence of the spring element (25).