Patent · US Expired

Pressure sensor having at least one connector element arranged flush with a mounting surface and a capillary adhesive layer arranged between a support plate and the mounting surface

US6021674A · kind A · utility

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8Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Walter Roethlingshoefer · Reutlingen, DE
Kurt Weiblen · Metzingen, DE
Ulrich Goebel · Hattersheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 1, 1997
Grant date	Feb 8, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 1, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01L19/147
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A pressure sensor includes a housing, a support plate arranged on a mounting surface of the housing, a sensor element arranged in the housing, and at least one connector element joined in electrically conductive fashion to at least one contact surface of the support plate. A method for manufacturing a pressure sensor in such a way that the pressure sensor on the one hand can be manufactured easily and on the other hand is resistant to malfunction and is operational over a long period of time. The at least one connector element is arranged flush with the mounting surface and joined directly to the at least one contact surface. A capillary adhesive layer is arranged between the support plate and the mounting surface.

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