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Granted Patent B2
US 10,054,492 · App. 14/942,136 · Granted Aug 21, 2018

Thermistor including a thermistor element and a case housing the thermistor

Inventors: Satoru Shiraki (Tokyo, JP); Keiichi Kaneshige (Seto, JP); Masashi Matsumoto (Nagoya, JP); Masayuki Ikemoto (Anjyo, JP); Tsutomu Hatakeyama (Toyota, JP)
Assignees: TDK CORPORATION; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G01K1/08G01K7/22
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Patent No.
US 10,054,492
App. No.
14/942,136
Granted
Aug 21, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A thermistor includes a case having a bottom section at one end and an opening section at the other end, a thermistor element housed in the case, a conducting wire housed in the case and connected to the thermistor element, and a lead wire connected to the conducting wire. The lead wire has a first portion including an insulating coating, and a second portion connected to the conducting wire and exposed from the insulating coating. A resin is filled up to a position away from an end edge of the opening section toward the bottom section so as to enclose at least the thermistor element, the conducting wire, and the second portion. The first portion is guided out of the resin to the outside of the case. An inner peripheral surface of the opening section is curved so as to increase an opening area of the opening section.

Claims (14)

1. A thermistor comprising:

a case having a bottom section at a one end and an opening section at an other end;

a thermistor element housed in the case;

a conducting wire housed in the case and connected to the thermistor element; and

a lead wire connected to the conducting wire,

wherein the lead wire has a first portion including an insulating coating, and a second portion connected to the conducting wire and exposed from the insulating coating,

wherein a resin is filled up to a position away from an end edge of the opening section toward the bottom section so as to enclose at least the thermistor element, the conducting wire, and the second portion,

wherein the first portion is guided out of the resin to the outside of the case,

wherein an inner peripheral surface of the opening section is curved so as to increase an opening area of the opening section, and

wherein the opening section has an indentation indented toward the bottom section so as to make the inside and outside of the case communicate, and a surface of the resin is viewable through the indentation.

2. The thermistor according to claim 1 , wherein

the lead wire is in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the opening section.

3. The thermistor according to claim 1 , wherein

the surface of the resin and the end edge of the opening section are separated by a predetermined distance.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2022
From: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: TDK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061102/0443 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2015
From: SHIRAKI, SATORU; KANESHIGE, KEIICHI; MATSUMOTO, MASASHI; IKEMOTO, MASAYUKI; HATAKEYAMA, TSUTOMU
To: TDK CORPORATION; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 037049/0508 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-257056 · Dec 19, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160178445A1 · Jun 23, 2016
Cited By (1)
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