US 6,981,796 B2
Electronic thermometer
Chih-Wei Hsieh, Chi Pei (Taiwan)
Assigned to Actherm Inc., Hsinchu Hsien (Taiwan)
Filed on Dec. 04, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/309,028.
Prior Publication US 2004/0109491 A1, Jun. 10, 2004
Int. Cl. G01K 1/14 (2006.01); G01K 7/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 374—163 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic thermometer comprising a casing, an electronic thermometer module mounted in said casing, and a metal probe electrically connected to said electronic thermometer module and disposed outside said casing for sensing body temperature, wherein a flexible covering is covered on said casing, said flexible covering having a tapered front portion protruded over a front side of said casing to a distance; a stem is connected between a smallest diameter end of said tapered front portion of said flexible covering and one end of said metal probe wherein said stem has a hard outside wall, which is not a part of the flexible covering.