CN217786381U - Temperature sensor assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model belongs to the technical field of temperature sensor, a temperature sensor assembly is disclosed, which comprises a sensing assembly, a flexible conductive piece and a cover plate, wherein the sensing assembly comprises a shell, a terminal and a thermistor, the shell is provided with a mounting groove, a separating part extending along a first direction is arranged in the mounting groove, and the mounting groove is divided into a containing groove and a slot by the separating part; the thermistor is arranged in the accommodating groove and connected with the first end of the terminal; the flexible conductive piece penetrates through the slot along the second direction and is electrically connected with the second end of the terminal, and the flexible conductive piece is used for connecting external equipment; the cover plate is detachably connected with the shell, and the cover plate can be clamped with the flexible conductive piece and covers the slot so that the flexible conductive piece is fixed in the slot. The utility model provides a temperature sensor subassembly conveniently changes flexible electrically conductive piece or sensing assembly, effectively reduces the maintenance cost.

Description

Temperature sensor assembly

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a temperature sensor technical field especially relates to a temperature sensor subassembly.

Background

Thermistors are a class of sensitive elements, which are classified into positive temperature coefficient thermistors (PTC) and negative temperature coefficient thermistors (NTC) according to their temperature coefficients. The core component of the temperature sensor is a thermistor. Thermistors are typically temperature sensitive and exhibit different resistance values at different temperatures. The positive temperature coefficient thermistor has a resistance value which is larger as the temperature is higher, and the negative temperature coefficient thermistor has a resistance value which is lower as the temperature is higher, and they are both semiconductor devices.

At present, a temperature sensor consisting of thermistors mostly adopts a Flexible Printed Circuit (FPC) or Flexible Flat Cable (FFC) acquisition mode, NTC is welded on the FPC or PCB, once the NTC is damaged, important components such as thermistors cannot be replaced independently, the whole replacement is needed, and the maintenance cost is too high.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide a temperature sensor subassembly can realize changing important subassemblies such as thermistor alone, and effectively reduces the maintenance cost.

To achieve the purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical proposal:

a temperature sensor assembly comprising:

a sensing assembly comprising a housing, a terminal, and a thermistor; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

the shell is provided with a mounting groove, a partition part extending along a first direction is arranged in the mounting groove, and the partition part divides the mounting groove into a containing groove and a slot;

the thermistor is arranged in the accommodating groove and is connected with the first end of the terminal; and (c) a second step of,

the flexible conductive piece penetrates through the slot along a second direction and is electrically connected with the second end of the terminal, and the flexible conductive piece is used for connecting external equipment;

the cover plate is detachably connected with the shell, and the cover plate can be clamped with the flexible conductive pieces and covers the slot so that the flexible conductive pieces are fixed in the slot.

Optionally, two terminals are provided, and the flexible conductive member is provided with two conductive portions connected to the terminals in a one-to-one correspondence manner; wherein, the first and the second end of the pipe are connected with each other,

a first limiting groove is formed between the two conductive parts, a partition plate extending along the second direction is arranged in the slot, the partition plate is arranged in the first limiting groove, and the second ends of the two terminals are respectively arranged on two sides of the partition plate.

Optionally, a second limiting groove is formed in an edge of one side, facing the flexible conductive piece, of the partition board, the bottom of the second limiting groove abuts against the bottom of the first limiting groove, and part of the flexible conductive piece is arranged in the second limiting groove.

Optionally, a positioning protrusion is disposed on a mating surface of the cover plate and the housing, a positioning hole that is in matching connection with the positioning protrusion is disposed on the flexible conductive member, and the positioning protrusion is inserted into the positioning hole to fix the flexible conductive member.

Optionally, a positioning groove in matching connection with the positioning protrusion is arranged at the bottom of the slot, and the end of the positioning protrusion penetrates through the positioning hole and is arranged in the positioning groove.

Optionally, a guide groove is disposed on an inner surface of the slot, and the guide groove is configured to guide the flexible conductive member to move along the second direction.

Optionally, the second end of the terminal includes a first clamping arm and a second clamping arm, and the flexible conductive member is inserted between the first clamping arm and the second clamping arm.

Optionally, a transverse buckle and a longitudinal buckle are arranged on the periphery of the cover plate, and the shell is provided with a transverse clamping groove clamped with the transverse buckle and a longitudinal clamping groove clamped with the longitudinal buckle.

Optionally, the tank bottom of storage tank is provided with the supporting part, the first end of terminal is provided with the fixed part, the fixed part is arranged in on the supporting part just set up on the fixed part thermistor, just the supporting part towards the side of partition portion with be formed with first groove of stepping down between the storage tank.

Optionally, a heat-conducting sealing element is arranged in the accommodating groove, the heat-conducting sealing element and the accommodating groove can form a closed cavity, and the thermistor and the first end of the terminal are arranged in the closed cavity.

Has the advantages that:

the utility model provides a temperature sensor subassembly can dismantle on the casing through dismantling the apron in order to realize flexible conductive piece, and then conveniently change flexible conductive piece or sensing assembly, effectively reduce the maintenance cost. In addition, apron and the flexible electrically conductive joint of leading in order to make the flexible electrically conductive piece be fixed in the slot, can effectively avoid contact failure or the terminal and the flexible electrically conductive condition phase separation's of leading between terminal and the flexible electrically conductive piece condition to take place, and then improve this temperature sensor subassembly's reliability.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a temperature sensor assembly provided by the present invention;

fig. 2 is an exploded schematic view of the temperature sensor assembly provided by the present invention;

fig. 3 is yet another exploded schematic view of the temperature sensor assembly provided by the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic partial structural view of a sensing assembly provided by the present invention;

fig. 5 is a partial structural sectional view of a sensing assembly provided by the present invention.

In the figure:

100. a sensing component; 110. a housing; 111. a partition portion; 112. a containing groove; 1121. a support portion; 1122. a first abdicating groove; 113. inserting slots; 1131. positioning a groove; 1132. a guide groove; 1133. a second abdicating groove; 114. a partition plate; 1141. a second limit groove; 115. a transverse clamping groove; 116. a longitudinal clamping groove; 120. a terminal; 121. a fixed part; 122. a first clamp arm; 1221. a first conductive bump; 123. a second clamp arm; 1231. a second conductive bump; 130. a thermistor; 140. a thermally conductive seal;

200. a flexible conductive member; 210. a conductive portion; 220. a first limit groove; 230. positioning holes;

300. a cover plate; 310. positioning the projection; 320. transverse buckling; 330. and (6) longitudinally buckling.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not limiting of the invention. It should be further noted that, for the convenience of description, only some of the structures related to the present invention are shown in the drawings, not all of the structures.

In the description of the present invention, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "connected," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning permanently connected, detachably connected, or integral to one another; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

In the present disclosure, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may comprise direct contact between the first and second features, or may comprise contact between the first and second features not directly. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

In the description of the present embodiment, the terms "upper", "lower", "right", and the like are used based on the orientations and positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplification of operation, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first" and "second" are used only for descriptive purposes and are not intended to have a special meaning.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, the present embodiment provides a temperature sensor assembly including a sensing assembly 100, the sensing assembly 100 including a housing 110, a terminal 120, and a thermistor 130. The casing 110 is provided with an installation groove, a partition part 111 extending along a first direction is arranged in the installation groove, and the installation groove is divided into an accommodation groove 112 and an insertion groove 113 by the partition part 111; the thermistor 130 is disposed in the receiving groove 112, and the thermistor 130 is connected to the first end of the terminal 120. Further, the temperature sensor assembly further includes a flexible conductive member 200 and a cover plate 300, the flexible conductive member 200 penetrates through the slot 113 along the second direction and is electrically connected to the second end of the terminal 120, and the flexible conductive member 200 is used for connecting an external device; the cover plate 300 is detachably connected to the housing 110, and the cover plate 300 can be clamped with the flexible conductive device 200 and cover the slot 113 so that the flexible conductive device 200 is fixed in the slot 113.

In this embodiment, the flexible conductive device 200 is detachable from the housing 110 by detaching the cover plate 300, so that the flexible conductive device 200 or the sensing assembly 100 can be replaced conveniently, and the maintenance cost is effectively reduced. In addition, the cover plate 300 is clamped with the flexible conductive member 200 to fix the flexible conductive member 200 in the slot 113, so that poor contact between the terminal 120 and the flexible conductive member 200 or separation of the terminal 120 and the flexible conductive member 200 can be effectively avoided, and the reliability of the temperature sensor assembly is further improved.

Specifically, a first end of the terminal 120 is disposed in the receiving groove 112, and a second end of the terminal 120 extends along the second direction and is disposed in the slot 113 through the partition 111.

Preferably, the thermistor 130 is a negative temperature coefficient thermistor. Of course, the thermistor 130 can also be another type of thermistor 130, and is not limited herein.

Preferably, the flexible conductive member 200 may be a flexible circuit board or a flexible flat cable. Of course, flexible electrical conductor 200 may be other electrical conductors and is not overly limited herein.

Preferably, the housing 110 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and the first direction may be a direction in fig. 1, i.e., a width direction of the housing 110, and the second direction may be a direction b in fig. 1, i.e., a length direction of the housing 110.

Furthermore, a mounting groove is formed on the upper surface of the housing 110, and one side of the slot 113 facing away from the partition 111 is an opening, that is, a socket of the flexible conductive device 200, and the flexible conductive device 200 is inserted into the slot 113 from the socket.

In the present embodiment, with continued reference to fig. 2 to 3, the casing 110 has a function of protecting the thermistor 130. Specifically, the heat conductive sealing member 140 is disposed in the receiving groove 112, the heat conductive sealing member 140 and the receiving groove 112 form a sealed cavity, and the thermistor 130 and the first end of the terminal 120 are disposed in the sealed cavity, and the heat conductive sealing member cooperates with the housing 110 to more effectively protect the thermistor 130.

Preferably, the heat conducting sealing member 140 is formed by placing epoxy glue into the receiving groove 112 and curing, so that the heat conducting sealing member 140 tightly wraps the thermistor 130, thereby reducing the failure risk of the thermistor 130 and improving the collection efficiency of the thermistor 130.

In this embodiment, with continued reference to fig. 2 to 4, two terminals 120 are provided, and the flexible conductive device 200 is provided with two conductive portions 210 connected to the terminals 120 in a one-to-one correspondence; a first limiting groove 220 is formed between the two conductive portions 210, a partition plate 114 extending along the second direction is disposed in the slot 113, the partition plate 114 is disposed in the first limiting groove 220, and the second ends of the two terminals 120 are disposed on two sides of the partition plate 114 respectively. In the present embodiment, the partition 114 separates the two terminals 120 and the two conductive portions 210, so as to effectively avoid the conductive portions 210 and the terminals 120 on different sides from contacting or virtual connection, so as to disable the function of the temperature sensor assembly.

Further, the groove bottom of the first limiting groove 220 can abut against one side edge of the partition board 114 facing the flexible conductive member 200, and the partition board 114 limits the size of the flexible conductive member 200 inserted into the insertion groove.

Specifically, the partition 114 may be disposed at a middle region of the slot 113.

Specifically, a second limiting groove 1141 is disposed at an edge of one side of the partition board 114 facing the flexible conductive member 200, a groove bottom of the second limiting groove 1141 abuts against a groove bottom of the first limiting groove 220, and a part of the flexible conductive member 200 is disposed in the second limiting groove 1141, so as to prevent the flexible conductive member 200 from bending and tilting, which may cause a problem that the cover board 300 is difficult to be clamped with the flexible conductive member 200 when being mounted on the housing 110.

In the embodiment, the cover plate 300 is disposed at the slot 113 and covers the entire slot 113 to protect the terminal 120 and the flexible conductive member 200 in the slot 113.

Specifically, the mating surface of the cover plate 300 and the housing 110 is provided with a positioning protrusion 310, the flexible conductive member 200 is provided with a positioning hole 230 in mating connection with the positioning protrusion 310, and the positioning protrusion 310 is inserted into the positioning hole 230 to fix the flexible conductive member 200, which is simple in structure and convenient to assemble.

Specifically, the positioning protrusion 310 is disposed in the middle region of the cover plate 300 along the width direction thereof, and the positioning hole 230 is disposed in the middle region of the flexible conductive member 200 along the width direction thereof, so that when the flexible conductive member 200 is pulled, the flexible conductive member is uniformly stressed, and the flexible conductive member 200 is effectively prevented from being locally damaged due to uneven stress.

Specifically, the bottom of the slot 113 is provided with a positioning groove 1131 matching with the positioning protrusion 310, and the end of the positioning protrusion 310 penetrates through the positioning hole 230 and is disposed in the positioning groove 1131. In this embodiment, the positioning protrusion 310 penetrates through one side of the flexible conductive element 200 and protrudes out of the other side of the flexible conductive element 200, and the positioning protrusion 310 is matched with the positioning groove 1131, so that the flexible conductive element 200 can be effectively prevented from being separated from the positioning protrusion 310, and the flexible conductive element 200 is further firmly fixed in the slot 113.

Specifically, the cross-sectional shapes of the positioning protrusions 310 and the positioning holes 230 may be, but are not limited to, oval, circular, and elongated.

Specifically, the end of the positioning protrusion 310 is chamfered or rounded. The positioning protrusion 310 passes through the positioning hole 230 and the positioning groove 1131.

In this embodiment, with continued reference to fig. 2 to 4, a guide slot 1132 is disposed on the inner surface of the insertion slot 113, and the guide slot 1132 is configured to guide the movement of the flexible conductive element 200 along the second direction, so as to precisely abut the flexible conductive element 200 to the second end of the terminal 120.

Specifically, the guide slots 1132 are disposed on two inner side surfaces of the insertion slot 113 opposite to each other in the width direction of the housing 110, and during the process of inserting the conductive flexible element 200 into the insertion slot 113, two edges of the conductive flexible element 200 opposite to each other in the width direction are respectively disposed in the guide slots 1132 corresponding to the two edges, so as to prevent the conductive part 210 of the conductive flexible element 200 from swinging up and down in the height direction of the housing 110 to make the second end of the terminal 120 difficult to mate.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 2 to fig. 3, the outer periphery of the cover plate 300 is provided with a transverse buckle 320 and a longitudinal buckle 330, the housing 110 is provided with a transverse buckle 115 clamped with the transverse buckle 320 and a longitudinal buckle 116 clamped with the longitudinal buckle 330, the positioning of the cover plate 300 along the height direction of the housing 110 is realized by the clamping of the transverse buckle 320 and the transverse buckle 115, and the positioning of the cover plate 300 along the length direction and the width direction of the housing 110 is realized by the clamping of the longitudinal buckle 330 and the longitudinal buckle 116.

Specifically, the transverse buckles 320 are arranged at the edges of the two opposite sides of the cover plate 300 in the width direction and are arranged at intervals in the length direction of the cover plate 300, the transverse clamping grooves 115 are arranged on the two inner side faces of the slot 113 opposite in the width direction of the shell 110, the transverse clamping grooves 115 extend in the length direction of the shell 110, the transverse clamping grooves 115 are clamped with the transverse buckles 320 on the same side, and the design mode of the transverse clamping grooves 115 facilitates the forming of the shell 110. In this embodiment, the extension length of the lateral latch 320 along the length direction of the cover 300 may be the same or different, and is not limited herein.

Preferably, two transverse snaps 320 are provided on the same side of the cover plate 300.

Specifically, the longitudinal fasteners 330 are disposed at two opposite edges of the cover plate 300 along the width direction thereof and are spaced along the length direction of the cover plate 300, and the longitudinal slots 116 are disposed in a plurality and are in one-to-one correspondence with the longitudinal fasteners 330.

Preferably, two longitudinal hooks 330 are disposed on the same side of the cover plate 300, wherein the longitudinal slot 116 corresponding to one longitudinal hook 330 is disposed at the slot 113, and the longitudinal slot 116 corresponding to the other longitudinal hook 330 is disposed at the partition 111. In this embodiment, the longitudinal buckles 330 in the slots 113 have different extending lengths along the length direction of the cover plate 300, and the longitudinal buckles 330 having longer lengths have high plasticity and strength, so that the connection strength between the cover plate 300 and the housing 110 is ensured, and deformation or breakage of other longitudinal buckles 330 is effectively avoided. Of course, the longitudinal buckles 330 in the slots 113 may have the same extension along the length direction of the cover plate 300.

Further, the side of the longitudinal slot 116 of the partition 111 facing away from the partition 111 at the two side edges of the housing 110 in the width direction is designed to be open, so as to prevent the occurrence of insulation reduction of the housing 110 itself caused by water accumulation in the longitudinal slot 116.

Further, the transverse snaps 320 and the longitudinal snaps 330 are staggered to stabilize the connection between the cover plate 300 and the housing 110.

In the present embodiment, referring to fig. 5, a supporting portion 1121 is disposed at the bottom of the accommodating slot 112, a fixing portion 121 is disposed at a first end of the terminal 120, the fixing portion 121 is disposed on the supporting portion 1121, a thermistor 130 is disposed on the fixing portion 121, and a first yielding slot 1122 is formed between a side surface of the supporting portion 1121 facing the partition portion 111 and the accommodating slot 112. In the present embodiment, the terminal 120 is installed from the side of the housing 110 where the slot 113 is disposed, and the supporting portion 1121 functions to ensure that the portion of the terminal 120 at the receiving slot 112 and the separating portion 111 is kept horizontal and not bent, so as to facilitate the installation of the terminal 120. In addition, a first receding groove 1122 is formed between the side surface of the supporting portion 1121 facing the partition portion 111 and the receiving groove 112 to reduce contact friction when the terminal 120 is mounted, so as to further facilitate the mounting of the terminal 120, and the heat conductive sealing element 140 formed after the epoxy resin glue is cured can surround the terminal 120, so that the first end of the terminal 120 is stably placed in the receiving groove 112.

Preferably, the thermistor 130 may be fixed to the fixing portion 121 of the terminal 120 by means of laser welding. Of course, the thermistor 130 may be fixed to the fixing portion 121 of the terminal 120 by other methods, which are not limited herein.

Further, the supporting portions 1121 are provided in two and are provided in one-to-one correspondence with the terminals 120.

Furthermore, the first end head of the terminal 120 and the side of the supporting portion 1121 facing the partition portion 111 are chamfered or rounded, so as to effectively prevent the terminal 120 from being jammed with the supporting portion 1121 when being mounted, thereby affecting the assembly efficiency.

In this embodiment, with reference to fig. 5, the second end of the terminal 120 includes a first clipping arm 122 and a second clipping arm 123, and the flexible conductive component 200 is inserted between the first clipping arm 122 and the second clipping arm 123, so that the flexible conductive component 200 is conveniently connected to the terminal 120.

Specifically, the terminal 120 is formed by bending and stamping a metal elastic sheet, so that the structure is simple and the batch production is convenient. Further, the terminal 120 may be formed by bending and stamping two metal sheets, or may be formed by bending, bending and stamping one metal sheet. Preferably, the material of the metal sheet may be a metal copper material. Of course, the material of the metal sheet may be other conductive materials, and is not limited herein.

Specifically, the first clamping arm 122 is located below the second clamping arm 123, a first conductive protrusion 1221 is disposed on one side of the first clamping arm 122 facing the second clamping arm 123, a second conductive protrusion 1231 corresponding to the first conductive protrusion 1221 is disposed on one side of the second clamping arm 123 facing the first clamping arm 122, and both the first conductive protrusion 1221 and the second conductive protrusion 1231 are abutted to the outer surface of the conductive portion 210 of the flexible conductive member 200 to clamp the conductive portion 210, so as to effectively improve the electrical connection stability between the terminal 120 and the flexible conductive member 200.

Further, the end of the second clamping arm 123 is bent away from the first clamping arm 122 to form a second conductive protrusion 1231, so that the conductive part 210 can be conveniently inserted between the first clamping arm 122 and the second clamping arm 123.

Furthermore, two second yielding grooves 1133 are formed in the groove bottom of the slot 113, the second yielding grooves 1133 are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the terminals 120, the first clamping arm 122 is arranged in the second yielding groove 1133, and the thickness of the first clamping arm 122 is smaller than the height of the second yielding groove 1133, that is, the surface of the first clamping arm 122 facing the second clamping arm 123 is lower than the second yielding groove 1133, and in the process that the flexible conductive member 200 is inserted into the slot 113, the interference between the first clamping arm 122 and the conductive portion 210 of the flexible conductive member 200 is effectively avoided, so that the assembly efficiency is affected.

Further, the first conductive protrusion 1221 protrudes from the second avoiding groove 1133, so that the first conductive protrusion 1221 can abut against the conductive portion 210 of the flexible conductive device 200.

It is obvious that the above embodiments of the present invention are only examples for clearly illustrating the present invention, and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present invention. Numerous obvious variations, rearrangements and substitutions will now occur to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention. And are neither required nor exhaustive of all embodiments. Any modification, equivalent replacement or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A temperature sensor assembly, comprising:

a sensing assembly (100), the sensing assembly (100) comprising a housing (110), a terminal (120), and a thermistor (130); wherein the content of the first and second substances,

the shell (110) is provided with an installation groove, a partition part (111) extending along a first direction is arranged in the installation groove, and the installation groove is divided into an accommodating groove (112) and an insertion groove (113) by the partition part (111);

the thermistor (130) is arranged in the accommodating groove (112), and the thermistor (130) is connected with the first end of the terminal (120); and (c) a second step of,

a flexible conductive member (200), wherein the flexible conductive member (200) penetrates through the slot (113) along a second direction and is electrically connected with the second end of the terminal (120), and the flexible conductive member (200) is used for connecting external equipment;

the cover plate (300), the cover plate (300) with the shell (110) can be detachably connected, the cover plate (300) can be connected with the flexible conductive piece (200) in a clamping mode and covers the slot (113) so that the flexible conductive piece (200) is fixed in the slot (113).

2. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein there are two terminals (120), and the flexible conductive member (200) has two conductive portions (210) connected to the terminals (120) in a one-to-one correspondence; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

a first limit groove (220) is formed between the two conductive parts (210), a partition board (114) extending along the second direction is arranged in the slot (113), the partition board (114) is arranged in the first limit groove (220), and the second ends of the two terminals (120) are respectively arranged at two sides of the partition board (114).

3. The temperature sensor assembly according to claim 2, wherein a side edge of the partition (114) facing the flexible conductive member (200) is provided with a second limiting groove (1141), a groove bottom of the second limiting groove (1141) abuts against a groove bottom of the first limiting groove (220), and a part of the flexible conductive member (200) is disposed in the second limiting groove (1141).

4. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein a positioning protrusion (310) is disposed on a mating surface of the cover plate (300) and the housing (110), a positioning hole (230) is disposed on the flexible conductive member (200) and is in mating connection with the positioning protrusion (310), and the positioning protrusion (310) is inserted into the positioning hole (230) to fix the flexible conductive member (200).

5. The temperature sensor assembly according to claim 4, wherein a positioning groove (1131) is disposed at a bottom of the slot (113) and is in matching connection with the positioning protrusion (310), and an end of the positioning protrusion (310) penetrates through the positioning hole (230) and is disposed in the positioning groove (1131).

6. The temperature sensor assembly of claim 1, wherein a guide groove (1132) is provided on an inner surface of the insertion slot (113), the guide groove (1132) being configured to guide movement of the flexible electrically-conductive member (200) in the second direction.

7. The temperature sensor assembly according to claim 1, wherein the second end of the terminal (120) includes a first clamping arm (122) and a second clamping arm (123), and the flexible conductive member (200) is inserted between the first clamping arm (122) and the second clamping arm (123).

8. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein the cover plate (300) is provided at an outer circumference thereof with a transverse snap (320) and a longitudinal snap (330), and the housing (110) is provided with a transverse snap (115) snap-fitted with the transverse snap (320) and a longitudinal snap (116) snap-fitted with the longitudinal snap (330).

9. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein a supporting portion (1121) is disposed at a bottom of the receiving groove (112), a fixing portion (121) is disposed at a first end of the terminal (120), the fixing portion (121) is disposed on the supporting portion (1121) and the thermistor (130) is disposed on the fixing portion (121), and a first yielding groove (1122) is formed between a side surface of the supporting portion (1121) facing the partition portion (111) and the receiving groove (112).

10. The temperature sensor assembly of any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein a thermally conductive seal (140) is disposed within the receiving slot (112), the thermally conductive seal (140) being capable of forming a sealed cavity with the receiving slot (112), the thermistor (130) and the first end of the terminal (120) being disposed within the sealed cavity.

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