Sensor having a housing seal made of synthetic rubbers having differing elasticity

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9618492-B2
Application number	US-201214343539-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 23, 2012
Priority date	Sep 7, 2011
Publication date	Apr 11, 2017
Grant date	Apr 11, 2017

Abstract

A sensor for determining at least one property of a measuring gas in a measuring gas space is provided. The sensor has a housing which includes a housing opening. At least one connection cable is led from the housing through the housing opening. The sensor further includes at least one sealing body, in particular a grommet, the sealing body at least partially enclosing the connection cable. The sealing body has at least one first section and at least one second section, the first section having a higher deformability than the second section.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sensor, comprising:
a housing including a housing opening;
at least one connection cable led, approximately parallel to a longitudinal axis of the housing, from the housing through the housing opening;
at least one sealing body, the sealing body enclosing at least partially the connection cable, the sealing body including at least one plastic material having at least one plasticizer and at least one first section and at least one second section, the first section having a higher deformability than the second section and a higher plasticizer proportion in the plastic material than the second section, the sealing body including a grommet, the at least one first section and at least one second section being situated together on at least one transverse cross section of the housing that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the housing.

2. The sensor as recited in claim 1 , wherein the sealing body is situated at least partially in the housing opening.

3. A sensor comprising:
a housing including a housing opening;
at least one connection cable led from the housing through the housing opening;
at least one sealing body, wherein:
the sealing body:
encloses at least partially the connection cable;
includes at least one first section and at least one second section;
includes a grommet; and
includes at least one plastic material having at least one plasticizer; and
the first section has a higher deformability than the second section and a higher plasticizer proportion in the plastic material than the second section.

4. The sensor as recited in claim 1 , wherein the plastic material contains the at least one plasticizer having a content of 0.1% to 15% by weight.

5. The sensor as recited in claim 3 , wherein the plastic material contains the at least one plasticizer having a content of 0.25% to 12.5% by weight.

6. The sensor as recited in claim 3 , wherein the plastic material contains the at least one plasticizer having a content of 0.5% to 10% by weight.

7. The sensor as recited in claim 3 , wherein the plastic material contains the at least one plasticizer having a content of 5% by weight.

8. The sensor as recited in claim 3 , wherein the at least one plasticizer contains fluorine.

9. The sensor as recited in claim 3 , wherein the plastic material includes at least one elastomer.

10. The sensor as recited in claim 9 , wherein the elastomer is selected from the group composed of fluororubber and perfluororubber.

11. The sensor as recited in claim 10 , wherein the elastomer is fluororubber having a fluorine content of at least 50% by weight.

12. The sensor as recited in claim 10 , wherein the elastomer is fluororubber having a fluorine content of at least 55% by weight.

13. The sensor as recited in claim 10 , wherein the elastomer is fluororubber having a fluorine content of at least 60% by weight.

14. The sensor as recited in claim 10 , wherein the elastomer is fluororubber having a fluorine content of at least 65% by weight.

15. The sensor as recited in claim 10 , wherein the elastomer is perfluororubber having a fluorine content of at least 50% by weight.

16. The sensor as recited in claim 15 , wherein the elastomer is perfluororubber having a fluorine content of at least 55% by weight.

17. The sensor as recited in claim 15 , wherein the elastomer is perfluororubber having a fluorine content of at least 60% by weight.

18. The sensor as recited in claim 15 , wherein the elastomer is perfluororubber having a fluorine content of at least 65% by weight.

19. The sensor as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first section surrounds the at least one connection cable.

20. The sensor as recited in claim 1 , wherein the second section is situated coaxially relative to the first section.

21. A sensor comprising:
a housing including a housing opening;
at least one connection cable led from the housing through the housing opening;
at least one sealing body, wherein:
the sealing body encloses at least partially the connection cable and includes at least one first section and at least one second section situated within the first section;
the sealing body includes at least one plastic material having at least one plasticizer;
the first section has a higher deformability than the second section and a higher plasticizer proportion in the plastic material than the second section; and
the sealing body includes a grommet.

22. The sensor as recited in claim 1 , wherein the housing has a housing wall which delimits the housing opening and the first section contacts the housing wall.

23. The sensor as recited in claim 1 , wherein the housing defines a longitudinal axis and two second sections are situated coaxially to the longitudinal axis as seen in a sectional plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the two second sections being separated by the first section, the longitudinal axis extending through a second section.

Assignees

• Rattay Bernd
• Schneider Jens
• Soyez Guido
• Clauss Arno
• Bosch Gmbh Robert

Inventors

• Rattay Bernd
• Schneider Jens
• Soyez Guido
• Clauss Arno

Classifications

• H01R13/52

  Dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof, or flameproof cases · CPC title

• G01N33/0036 Primary

  specially adapted to detect a particular component (physical analysis of gaseous biological material G01N33/497) · CPC title

• G01D11/245

  Housings for sensors · CPC title

• H02G15/013

  Sealing means for cable inlets (inlets for cables filled with, or surrounded by, gas or oil H02G15/32) · CPC title

• H01B3/00

  Insulators or insulating bodies characterised by the insulating materials; Selection of materials for their insulating or dielectric properties · CPC title