Patent ID: 6841989

Claim:
A current detector utilizing the Hall-effect for detection or measurement of electric current, comprising: (A) a current-path conductor assembly comprising: (a) a current-path conductor for carrying the current to be detected or measured; and (b) a conductor holder of electrically insulating material integrally enveloping part of the current-path conductor, the conductor holder having a positioning recess; (B) a Hall generator assembly comprising: (a) a Hall generator for generating a Hall voltage proportional to the strength of an applied magnetic field; (b) a plurality of leads electrically connected to the Hall generator; and (c) an encapsulation of electrically insulating material integrally enveloping the Hall generator and parts of the leads, the encapsulation having a size which can be put into the positioning recess; and (C) the current-path conductor assembly and the Hall generator assembly being combined by joining together the conductor holder of the current-path conductor assembly and the encapsulation of the Hall generator assembly, with the current-path conductor disposed adjacent the Hall generator in order to cause the Hall generator to generate the Hall voltage in response to a magnetic field due to the current flowing through the current-path conductor, the encapsulation being put into the positioning recess of the conductor holder.