Exhaust sensor with tubular shell

An automotive exhaust oxygen sensor comprising:

• a tubular shaped shell having an oxygen sensing element carried therein;
• a barbed ring slipped over the upper portion of the tubular shell including a barb for engagement of the shell;
• a retaining cap slipped over the upper portion of the shell and the barbed ring, and including an inwardly biased finger engaging the barbed ring so that the upper portion of the oxygen sensor is sealed.

An automotive exhaust sensor comprising a tubular shell having an exhaust sensing element carried therein and a threaded nut slidably received over the shell constructed and arranged to be threaded into a threaded exhaust boss without rotating the shell.

An automotive exhaust sensor comprising a tubular shell having an exhaust sensing element carried therein and a threaded nut slidably received over the shell constructed and arranged to be threaded into a threaded exhaust boss without rotating the shell, and further comprising first and second electrical terminals carried in a housing, said first electrical terminal secured to a component carried in said housing and said second electrical terminal connected to an external power source, one of said electrical terminals having at least one male prong and the other electrical terminal having a corresponding female receptacle, and said first and second electrical terminals being constructed and arranged to be selectively removable with respect to each other.