Patent ID: 7225672

Claim:
A liquid level sensor comprising: a housing; a rotary shaft, rotatably provided in the housing; a magnet, fixed to the rotary shaft, and rotating together with the rotary shaft; a pair of stators, disposed so as to face an outer peripheral surface of the magnet; and an electronic circuit, including at least a set of terminals and a magnetoelectric transducing element for detecting a change of magnetic flux in the stators caused by rotation of the magnet and for outputting an electric signal, wherein the magnetoelectric transducing element and the stators are electrically connected to the set of terminals, and the magnetoelectric transducing element and the stators are provided on the set of terminals so that a terminal assembly is formed; and wherein the housing is formed by insert molding the terminal assembly with resin so that the terminal assembly, including the set of terminals and the transducing element, is embedded in the housing.