Patent ID: 7170410

Claim:
A sensor device comprising: a housing formed from a synthetic resin; a holder formed as a single member from a synthetic resin; a sensor element embedded in the tip end of the housing, the sensor element having on one side face thereof a magnetically sensitive surface that faces a side of the housing and comprising a pair of terminal plates extending from a side face that is opposite to the magnetically sensitive surface; and a cord electrically connected to the two terminal plates and extending from a rear part of the housing; wherein the housing is die-molded so as to embed therein the holder, the sensor element which is held by the holder in a state in which the two terminal plates are formed so as to have a bent portion bent in a substantially U-shaped form and connected to the sensor element and a flat plate portion extending along a plane intersecting the sensor element and connected to the bent portion, and part of the cord which is electrically connected to the flat plate portion of the two terminal plates.