Patent ID: 7191640

Claim:
A gas sensor for monitoring a parameter of a gas component, the gas sensor comprising: a sensor element; at least one contact surface arranged on the sensor element; at least one pressure body held against the sensor element by a spring element that includes at least one spring section, which, in a clamped state, is deformed in alignment with a component in parallel with a longitudinal axis of the sensor element; and a connecting line connected electrically to the at least one contact surface, the connecting line being clamped by friction locking between the contact surface and the at least one pressure body; wherein the gas sensor is one of a lambda sensor and a temperature sensor; and wherein the at least one spring section includes a tongue-like area directed radially inwardly and which engages in an axial channel of the at least one pressure body, the at least one spring section being elastically deformed in the clamped state.