Patent ID: 7308833

Claim:
A torque sensor comprising: a sensor coil disposed on an outer periphery of a rotary member applied with a torque; a plurality of lead pins projecting from an outer periphery of the sensor coil; and a wire harness having one end connected with the lead pins, wherein the sensor coil detects the torque applied to the rotary member based on a variation of impedance, wherein the wire harness includes: a plurality of lead wires having electrical conductivity; a plurality of connection terminals each having a tubular sleeve mounted around each of the lead pins and a connection portion extended from an outer periphery of the sleeve in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the lead pin to be connected with one end of the lead wire; and an electrically insulating terminal holder for retaining the plural connection terminals, wherein the terminal holder includes: a sleeve holder holding the sleeves in mutually spaced relation in order to prevent the sleeves from contacting each other; and a connection-portion holder holding the connection portions in mutually spaced relation in order to prevent the connection portions from bending to contact each other, wherein a pin-tip-side end face of the sleeve projects toward a pin-tip-side surface of the sleeve holder of the terminal holder with respect to the thickness-wise direction of the terminal holder, and wherein a tip end of the lead pin is exposed from the end face of the sleeve, in order to facilitate connection by means of soldering.