Patent ID: 7789554

Claim:
A double temperature sensor for measuring a near-surface temperature of ambient air and the temperature of a skin surface, the double temperature sensor comprising: a heat flux insulation block made in one piece as a housing from an insulation material, said heat flux insulation block having a first surface and a second surface; two temperature sensor elements with respective electric connections associated with said temperature sensor elements wherein said temperature sensor elements are arranged one on top of another in said heat flux insulation block at spaced locations from one another and each near a respective one of said first surface and said second surface, one of said temperature sensor elements being located opposite said first surface, another one of said temperature sensor elements being located opposite said second surface, said first surface engaging the skin surface, wherein said electric connections of said temperature sensor elements are arranged in said heat flux insulation block in a spiral, circular, meandering, zigzag or star form or in the form of a polygon.