Protector with sensor and method of manufacturing the same

A protector with a sensor, the protector comprising:

• an installation base member configured to be operably coupled to a flange of at least one of a peripheral edge of a panel of an automobile or a peripheral edge of a door opening of an automobile body of the automobile, the panel being movable between at least two positions to open and close the opening;
• and
• a hollow part unified with the installation base member, the hollow part having a tube shape and including first and second core wires, first and second conductive parts, and a space, each of the first and second conductive parts having a respective one of the first and second core wires embedded therein, and the space being positioned between the first and second conductive parts;
• and
• an insert made of a non-conductive material and having a first end and a second end,
• wherein:
• the installation base member and the hollow part are components of an extrusion molded part,
• the hollow part is configured to allow the first and second conductive parts to move toward each other when an object is disposed between the panel and the opening and makes contact with the hollow part when the panel is moved towards a closed position, such that an electric signal provides an indication that the object is in the opening,
• in a terminal part of the extrusion-molded part, the first and second core wires extend in a direction parallel to the peripheral edge of the opening, and the first and second core wires are connected with first and second legs of a resistor,
• in the terminal part of the extrusion-molded part, the first end of the insert is inserted in the space of the hollow part to fill up the space in the terminal part of the extrusion-molded part,
• the second end of the insert includes an insulator configured to insulate a first wire connection part where the first leg of the resistor is connected to the first core wire, from a second wire connection part where the second leg of the resistor is connected to the second core wire,
• in the terminal part of the extrusion-molded part, die-molding material covers the insulator, the first and second core wires, the resistor, the first and second legs, and the first and second wire connection parts on the second end of the insert,
• the insulator has a tabular shape including a plate surface that is shaped as a lozenge and extends in a leftward and rightward direction, the plate surface of the insulator has a left side end which protrudes in the leftward direction at a left side of the insulator and a right side end which protrudes in the rightward direction at a right side of the insulator, and the leftward direction and the rightward direction are at right angles to a plane that intersects both of the first and second core wires and extends in a same direction as the first and second core wires, and
• the left side end and the right side end of the insulator are exposed from the die-molding material to be visible from an exterior of the protector.