Patent ID: 7428844

Claim:
Pressure sensor for pressure measurement of a liquid, flowable, or gaseous medium, with a housing ( 2 ) containing electronics of the pressure sensor and with a pressure measuring cell ( 3 ), on the side of the pressure measuring cell ( 3 ) facing the medium, an opening ( 4 ) being formed through which one side ( 5 ) of the pressure measuring cell ( 3 ) is in contact with the medium to be monitored, the pressure measuring cell ( 3 ) converting the pressure to be monitored into a proportional measurement signal by means of an electromechanical converter, characterized in that an outer surface of the housing ( 2 ) sits on and is connected to a side of the pressure measuring cell which faces away from the medium to be monitored so that the pressure measuring cell ( 3 ) is at least in part a component of the outer surface of the pressure sensor ( 1 ) and thus is not surrounded by the housing ( 2 ).