Sensor configuration without housing
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1. A method for the production of at least one sensor, wherein through the at least partial injection molding of a plastic compound around components that comprise optical, electronic, mechanical, and/or hybrid components, but at least one transducer, an polygonal molded body is formed whose outer dimensions correspond to the inner dimensions of an injection mold,characterized by:
- mechanically fixing the components before the injection molding on a top side and/or back side of at least one printed circuit board;
placing the at least one printed circuit board equipped with the components into the injection mold;
holding the at least one printed circuit board in the injection mold in a defined position relative to the walls of the injection mold by means of support fingers; and
injection molding the at least one printed circuit board with the components in the defined position.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a housing-less sensor, in particular a proximity sensor. Here it is proposed to build all of the components needed for the mechanical and electrical functions on one sensor chassis and then to inject a plastic compound around the components.
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1. A method for the production of at least one sensor, wherein through the at least partial injection molding of a plastic compound around components that comprise optical, electronic, mechanical, and/or hybrid components, but at least one transducer, an polygonal molded body is formed whose outer dimensions correspond to the inner dimensions of an injection mold,
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mechanically fixing the components before the injection molding on a top side and/or back side of at least one printed circuit board; placing the at least one printed circuit board equipped with the components into the injection mold; holding the at least one printed circuit board in the injection mold in a defined position relative to the walls of the injection mold by means of support fingers; and injection molding the at least one printed circuit board with the components in the defined position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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4. The method according to claim 4, further comprising mounting a duct element on the printed circuit board before the injection molding with the plastic compound, so that, in a top view of the printed circuit board, a duct wall surrounds the transducer, so that, after the injection molding, the plastic compound surrounds a duct formed by the duct element.
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