Patent ID: 7758822

Claim:
A reactor device comprising: a reactor including at least one reacting unit that is supplied with a reactant and causes a reaction; a terminal portion provided at the reacting unit; an electrically conductive member which comprises an electrically conductive material and which is connected to the terminal portion; and a space which extends between the terminal portion and an end face of the reactor; wherein the electrically conductive member is routed to outside the reactor through the space from the terminal portion to the end face of the reactor, and the electrically conductive member is fixed to the reactor at the end face; wherein the reacting unit includes an electric heater to heat the reacting unit to a predetermined temperature; wherein the terminal portion comprises a connection terminal through which a current is supplied to the electric heater; wherein the electrically conductive member comprises a lead wire that is connected to the connection terminal; wherein the reactor comprises a first substrate and a second substrate that are laminated together; wherein the electric heater comprises an electric heat pattern formed on a first face side of the first substrate, two said connection terminals are provided on the first face side at respective ends of the electric heat pattern, two said lead wires are provided on the first face side and connected to the connection terminals, respectively, and a groove or recessed portion is formed in a second face side of the first substrate to form the reaction unit supplied with the reactant to cause the reaction; wherein in a first face side of the second substrate, there are formed: (i) an electric heat pattern housing chamber, which has a shape that corresponds to the electric heat pattern formed on the first substrate and which comprises a space to house the electric heat pattern, (ii) two terminal portion housing chambers, each of which has a shape that corresponds a corresponding one of the connection terminals formed on the first substrate and each of which comprises a space to house the corresponding connection terminal, and (iii) two communication grooves, each of which extends between the electric heat pattern housing chamber and a corresponding one of the terminal portion housing chambers; and wherein the first face side of the second substrate is laminated to the first face side of the first substrate, so as to be opposed to the first face side of the first substrate.