Patent ID: 8889991

Claim:
A flexible electrical connection ( 28 ) for electrically contacting a sensor ( 10 ) or a sensor module ( 12 ), comprising at least one electrical conductor ( 14 ) extending in an axial length between a moveable component ( 18 ) and a stationary component ( 20 ), wherein the at least one electrical conductor ( 14 ) is fixed to a sensor housing ( 22 ) via a rigid coupling ( 46 ) and is connected to a housing ( 16 ) of the sensor ( 10 ) or sensor module ( 12 ) via a movable, rotatable coupling ( 54 ), wherein the at least one electrical conductor ( 14 ) includes first sections ( 32 ) and second sections ( 34 ), said second sections ( 34 ) including an injected coating, wherein the first sections ( 32 ) have a higher deformation property than said second sections ( 34 ), and the first sections ( 32 ) do not include an injected coating, or they include an injected coating having the thickness of a film hinge, wherein the first sections ( 32 ) and the second sections ( 34 ) extend along an axial length of the at least one electrical conductor ( 14 ), respectively, over a predetermined length and wherein the first sections ( 32 ) and the second sections ( 34 ) are arranged in alternation along the axial length of the at least one electrical conductor ( 14 ); wherein the first sections ( 32 ) have a thickness ( 36 ) that is less than the thickness ( 38 ) of the second sections ( 34 ) which include an injected coating, wherein the first sections ( 32 ) and the second sections ( 34 ) define a hinge of the at least one electrical conductor ( 14 ) by their lengths, such that in a bent position ( 42 ), a bend ( 48 ) of the at least one electrical conductor ( 14 ) of at least 90° is formed within one of said first sections ( 32 ), wherein one of said second sections ( 34 ) that is provided directly with the rotatable coupling ( 54 ) is arranged between the moveable component ( 18 ) and a periphery of the stationary component ( 29 ), and a contact of the at least one electrical conductor ( 14 ) with the stationary component and the moveable component in the bent position ( 42 ) is avoided.