Patent ID: 8288666

Claim:
An encased electronic component, said component comprising: an electronic sensor ( 1 ) with at least one electronic circuit ( 3 ) arranged on at least one circuit board ( 2 ), received in and enclosed by an encasement body ( 5 ), wherein the encasement body ( 5 ) is received in a housing ( 6 ) in a form-locked manner, and sufficient free spaces ( 7 ) are provided between the encasement body ( 5 ) and the housing ( 6 ) for compensating temperature expansions of the housing ( 6 ) or of the encasement body ( 5 ); wherein the encasement body ( 5 ) comprises strip shaped rises ( 14 ), in the longitudinal direction of the encasement body, or singular rises, on the outer circumference of the encasement body.