Patent ID: 7398587

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a capacitance type sensor having a conductive member, a capacitance element electrode constituting a capacitance element with the conductive member, and at least one movable electrode disposed on the side opposite to the capacitance element electrode at a distance from the conductive member; the method comprising: an insert molding process for insert-molding, with an insulating material, a part of each lead wire of a leadframe and a range of the leadframe including the capacitance element electrode, the leadframe being formed by integrally forming with a frame the capacitance element electrode, the lead wire thereof, and a lead wire of the movable electrode in a predetermined pattern; a cutting process for cutting the lead wire of the capacitance element electrode off the frame; a conductive member arranging process for arranging, to a mold product obtained by the insert molding process, the conductive member at a distance from the capacitance element electrode; and a movable electrode arranging process for arranging, to the mold product, the movable electrode to be in contact with the lead wire of the movable electrode and at a distance from the conductive member.