Patent ID: 6878252
Filing Date: 2005-04-12
Classification: G01K,G01N,H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A gas sensor, comprising: a housing; a conductor element; a sensor element arranged in the housing, the sensor element having at least one contact surface conductively connected to the conductor element; first and second contact supports arranged opposite one another, one of the first and second contact supports including at least one protuberance engaging in at least one recess of the other one of the first and second contact supports, the sensor element and the conductor element being arranged between the first and second contact supports; and at least one spring element contacting at least one of the first and second contact supports, the at least one spring element pressing the conductor element onto the at least one contact surface of the sensor element; wherein the first and second contact supports each having a first end face and an opposite second end face from which the sensor element projects, the at least one protuberance and the recess lying between the at least one contact surface and each first end face.