Patent ID: 8246246

Claim:
A temperature sensor mounting unit for mounting a temperature sensor inside a mounting-target member through a mounting hole provided in a mounting wall, the temperature sensor mounting unit comprising: a base plate that is to be mounted on the mounting hole from a front side of the mounting wall; a plurality of elastic gripping pieces that extend from the base plate to grip the temperature sensor therebetween and to be inserted into the mounting hole; a plurality of elastic locking pieces formed on the base plate to be brought into engagement with the mounting hole form a back side of the mounting wall; and a passage hole formed on the base plate to lead out a lead wire of the temperature sensor therethrough, wherein, in a state where the elastic locking pieces have been engaged with the mounting hole and where the elastic gripping pieces are inserted into the mounting hole, at least when an external force to expand the elastic gripping pieces is exerted, the elastic gripping pieces are brought into abutment with an inner circumference of the mounting hole so as to be prevented from expanding.