Patent ID: 8436260

Claim:
A sensor comprising: a sensor premold assembly including a pocket, a coil wire seated in the pocket, and a pair of terminals protruding into opposed ends respectively of the pocket of the sensor premold assembly and in contact with the coil wire, each of the pair of terminals including a distal head protruding into the pocket and including a pair of spaced-apart fingers together defining a channel therebetween, the coil wire being seated in the pocket between the pair of terminals and including respective end coil fingers extending into the respective channels in the respective distal heads of the pair of terminals; a cover over the pocket of the sensor premold assembly, the cover being abutted against the coil wire seated in the pocket of the sensor premold assembly and retaining the coil wire in the pocket of the sensor premold assembly; and a sensor overmold assembly separate from the cover and secured over the sensor premold assembly and the cover.