Patent ID: 8297133

Claim:
A pressure sensor with a multiplicity of piezoelectric converter elements, which are arranged such that a longitudinal dimension of the piezoelectric converter elements are substantially parallel to a force-applying or pressure-applying direction, and the piezoelectric converter elements are arranged at a distance from one another by an insulating material or are at least partially embedded in said insulating material, wherein the piezoelectric converter elements are electrically contact-connected by an electrical contact-connection, wherein a support material having greater mechanical rigidity in the force-applying or pressure-applying direction than the piezoelectric converter elements is assigned to a plurality of the piezoelectric converter elements, and wherein the support material assigned to the plurality of piezoelectric converter elements extends along at least one side of the plurality of piezoelectric converter elements substantially parallel to the force-applying or pressure-applying direction up to opposite free ends of the plurality of piezoelectric converter elements along the longitudinal dimension, wherein the force or the pressure is applied onto the free ends of the plurality of piezoelectric converter elements.