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US 9,518,848 B2Granted
Sensor housing
AssigneeIfm Electronic GmbH
InventorsYevgeniy Vinshtok, Michael J. McGowan, Peter Breh, Ralf Siegler, Michael Becker
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Abstract
A sensor housing (1) includes a basic body (2) and two tube sections (4, 9) projecting from the basic body (2). At least a first one (4; 9) of the tube sections has an outside thread which is interrupted in circumferential direction by at least one recessed facet (15, 17; 19, 20). The facet (15, 17; 19, 20) extends—from a center plane of the first tube section (4; 9) being parallel to the longitudinal axis of the second tube section (9; 4)—on at least one side of this center plane essentially perpendicularly to it.
Claims15
A sensor housing comprising:
- a basic body;
- and
- at least a first tube section projecting from the basic body, the first tube section having an outside thread that is interrupted in a circumferential direction by a recessed facet,
- wherein the sensor housing is formed from halves that are molded and connected to each other along a molding seam such that the facet extends on each side of the molding seam along the first tube section in a longitudinal direction thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.