Locking sensor

US8177179B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• EPCOS AG · DE

Inventors

• Oliver Bard · Falkensee, DE
• Wolfgang Grundmann · Birkenwerder, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 18, 2008
• Grant date: May 15, 2012
• Expiry date: Jul 18, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T70/10
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A locking sensor for locking into the recess of a housing with a sensor body, of locking elements, that are arranged on the sensor body and that extend in the direction of a lengthwise axis over a length. The locking elements have steps and at least two steps are spaced apart from each other in the direction of the lengthwise axis.