Patent 7284435 was granted and assigned to Denso on October, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A pressure sensor for detecting a pressure of a pressure medium includes a casing having an element locating portion, a pressure detection element located in the element locating portion of the casing, and a gel member filled in the element locating portion to seal the pressure detection element. In the pressure sensor, the gel member is exposed from an opening portion of the element locating portion in the casing such that the pressure of the pressure medium is applied to the pressure detection element through the gel material, and the gel member protrudes from a surface of a circumference portion of the opening portion in the casing. Accordingly, it can prevent water from staying on the gel member.