Patent ID: 7454949

Claim:
A gas sensor for determining a physical property of a measuring gas, comprising: a sensor element arranged in a metal housing, the sensor element having a portion thereof which is exposed to the measuring gas, said portion being disposed on one side of an imaginary cross-sectional plane which is perpendicular to a longitudinal extension of the sensor element and which divides the sensor element substantially in half; and at least one sealing element which seals the sensor element and is arranged in a metal receptacle affixed to the metal housing; wherein the at least one sealing element surrounds the sensor element along the longitudinal extension of the sensor element one of at a centered position and on the half of the sensor element which is exposed to the measuring gas, the metal receptacle adjoins a measuring gas chamber, the metal receptacle is cup-shaped and has a closed configuration on one side, a bottom of the metal receptacle includes a recess for receiving the sensor element, an open end of the metal receptacle includes a section extending outward perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the metal receptacle, a sleeve-shaped section is connected to the section, and a closed side of the receptacle juts out in front of a connection of the metal receptacle to the metal housing in a direction of the measuring gas chamber.