Patent ID: 6366194
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: G01D,H02K,H05K

Abstract:
A component holder with a Hall sensor, said component holder is comprised of plastic as one-piece with at least one centering pin (25) for a disposition of the centering pin in at least one opening (16) of a printed circuit board, said Hall sensor (2) is mounted on said component holder (1) and comprises a housing (12) and connecting prongs (8,9, 10) for direct electrical contact with said printed circuit board (15), said Hall sensor being mounted on said component holder so that the housing (12) is adjacent the component holder and said connecting prongs protrude directly from said housing of the Hall sensor through the component holder, the component holder (1) being injection molded only onto the connecting prongs (8, 9, 10) of the Hall sensor (2) such that it cannot slide off the prongs of the Hall sensor, and wherein the housing (12) of the Hall sensor (2) is block-shaped.