Patent ID: 8061183
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A component for a sensor having a sensor element disposed in a housing, the sensor element including a connection side and a measuring side for sensing gases in gas mixtures, the component comprising: a protective cap delimiting a sensor element chamber in which the sensor element is arranged and an antechamber in order to protect the sensor element on the measuring side; and a condensate separator arranged in the antechamber, wherein the condensate separator comprises an annular circumferential rim that is open axially in a direction of the at least one flow inlet of the antechamber and closed axially in a direction of the connection side, the annular circumferential rim having an inner side disposed on a radially inner wall of the antechamber and an outer side spaced apart from a radially outer wall of the antechamber.