Patent ID: 8607440

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a thermistor element, the thermistor element including a metal oxide sintered body for thermistor use and a plurality of lead wires connected to the metal oxide sintered body for thermistor use, the method comprising the steps of: mixing and kneading a thermistor raw material powder formed from a metal oxide, an organic binder powder, and a solvent to form a clay, executing extrusion-molding of the clay by means of a molding die to form a rod-shaped, green molded body having multiple through holes, drying the rod-shaped green molded body to form a rod-shaped dried molded body, cutting the rod-shaped dried molded body to a prescribed length to form a cut molded body having through holes, and forming a stop portion at a location on at least one of the lead wires, which protrude from the through hole, in contact with the cut molded body before or after insertion of the lead wires into the through holes of the cut molded body, and firing that configuration to form the cut molded body into a metal oxide sintered body for thermistor use.