Climate Control Pressure Plug with Sensor

Abstract

A sensor-plug for insertion into a drier bottle of an automotive condenser. The sensor-plug is a unitary piece and positioned within the drier bottle to eliminate the use of a separate sensor on the opposite side of the condenser.

We claim: 
     
         1 . A condenser plug for sensing pressure within a condenser tube comprising:
 a first housing portion having a first end and a second end, the first housing portion having a cavity on its first end that contains an electrical terminal pin connector having pin terminals, the first housing portion adapted to accommodate a pressure sensor;   a pressure sensor adapted to sense pressure within the condenser tube, the pressure sensor is operably connected to the terminal pins of the first housing portion; and   a second housing portion having first and second ends, the first end of the second housing portion adapted to mate to the second end of the first housing portion and the second end of the second housing portion having a socket with a pressure sensing channel for communicating the pressure within the condenser tube to the pin terminals.