摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a gas sensor, capable of reliably securing electrical continuity between a terminal spring and a terminal of a sensor element. <P>SOLUTION: With the terminal spring 51 in contact with the terminal, the terminal spring 51 sandwiches the sensor element 29 by adding load to the sensor element 29 in the radial direction of the gas sensor. Two or more sandwiching members 61 and 62 are provided at the outer circumference of the terminal spring 51, and a pressure spring is provided at the outer circumference of the sandwiching members 61 and 62 so as to press and fix the sandwiching members 61 and 62. The relation F1≤F2 holds between a sandwiching load F1 with respect to the sensor element 29 by the terminal spring 51 and a press load F2 to the sandwiching members by the press spring. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO |