Sensor apparatus and method for producing a sensor apparatus
First Claim
1. A sensor apparatus, comprising:
- a sensor device having a plurality of electrical contacts;
a housing having a plurality of sidewalls and a base;
a metal carrier structure, which extends into the plurality of sidewalls above the base and into the housing in a manner passing through two mutually opposite sidewalls from the plurality of sidewalls;
wherein the metal carrier structure is spring-like at least in a direction of a sidewall of the mutually opposite sidewalls through which the metal carrier structure extends; and
wherein the sensor device having the plurality of electrical contacts is mounted in a resilient fashion on the metal carrier structure and is electrically conductively connected to the metal carrier structure by the plurality of contacts.
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Abstract
In various embodiments, a sensor apparatus is provided. The sensor apparatus includes a sensor device having a plurality of electrical contacts; a housing having a plurality of sidewalls; and a metal carrier structure, which extends into the housing in a manner passing through two mutually opposite sidewalls from the plurality of sidewalls. The metal carrier structure is embodied in a resilient fashion at least in the direction of a sidewall through which the metal carrier structure extends. The sensor device having the plurality of electrical contacts is mounted in a resilient fashion on the metal carrier structure and is electrically conductively connected to the metal carrier structure by the plurality of contacts.
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19 Claims
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1. A sensor apparatus, comprising:
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a sensor device having a plurality of electrical contacts; a housing having a plurality of sidewalls and a base; a metal carrier structure, which extends into the plurality of sidewalls above the base and into the housing in a manner passing through two mutually opposite sidewalls from the plurality of sidewalls; wherein the metal carrier structure is spring-like at least in a direction of a sidewall of the mutually opposite sidewalls through which the metal carrier structure extends; and wherein the sensor device having the plurality of electrical contacts is mounted in a resilient fashion on the metal carrier structure and is electrically conductively connected to the metal carrier structure by the plurality of contacts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 18)
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12. A method for producing a sensor apparatus, the method comprising:
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arranging a spacer on a metal carrier structure; forming a housing having a base below the metal carrier structure and a plurality of sidewalls around a part of the metal carrier structure and the spacer in such a way that the metal carrier structure extends into the housing in a manner passing through two mutually opposite sidewalls from the plurality of sidewalls, wherein the spacer is between the metal carrier structure and the base of the housing; wherein the metal carrier structure extends into the plurality of sidewalls above the base; wherein the metal carrier structure is spring-like at least in a direction of a sidewall of the mutually opposite sidewalls through which the metal carrier structure extends; resiliently mounting a sensor device, which has a plurality of electrical contacts, on the metal carrier structure by the electrical contacts; and electrically conductively connecting the sensor device to the metal carrier structure by the plurality of electrical contacts. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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19. A sensor apparatus, comprising:
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a sensor device having a plurality of electrical contacts; a housing having a plurality of sidewalls and a base; a metal carrier structure, which extends into the plurality of sidewalls above the base and into the housing in a manner passing through two mutually opposite sidewalls from the plurality of sidewalls; wherein the metal carrier structure is independently spring-like at least in a direction of a sidewall of the mutually opposite sidewalls through which the metal carrier structure extends; and wherein the sensor device having the plurality of electrical contacts is mounted in a resilient fashion on the metal carrier structure and is electrically conductively connected to the metal carrier structure by the plurality of contacts.
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