Patent ID: 8549913

Claim:
A sensor arrangement comprising a first housing portion ( 1 ) and a second housing portion ( 3 ) and a functional component ( 2 ), wherein the functional component ( 2 ) is a functional element of a sensor system of a sensor; the functional component ( 2 ) directly contacts one of the first housing portion ( 1 ) and the second housing portion ( 3 ) and is initially spaced from the other one of the first and the second housing portions ( 1 , 3 ) due to engagement of the first housing portion ( 1 ) with the second housing portion ( 3 ) and, during assembly, a portion of the engaged first and second housing portions ( 1 , 3 ) is melted so that the functional component ( 2 ) is gripped between and directly contacts both of the first housing portion ( 1 ) and the second housing portion ( 3 ) with a desired prestress pressure force (F); and the melted portion of at least one of the first housing portion ( 1 ) and the second housing portion ( 3 ) solidifies so as to form a material-integral bond, from the melted portion, which permanently joins the first housing portion ( 1 ) and the second housing portion ( 3 ) with one another such that the functional component ( 2 ) is sandwiched and gripped therebetween with the desired prestress pressure force (F).