Pickup having encapsulated electrical and magnetic elements

Claim 1

An electromagnetic pickup including: an insulating body, a protective cover wherein said body is disposed, a magnetic element disposed within an axial passage in a spool portion of said body disposed at one end thereof, a pickup winding supported by said spool portion and wound thereabout, first and second conducting wires connected to said winding and extending axially along said body and beyond its other end, a plastic encapsulation disposed within said cover with said body and elements mounted thereon being embedded within said encapsulation; said body including external self-centering means extending from said body transverse to the axis thereof for radially positioning said body within said cover; said cover comprising an insulating tubular sleeve closed at one end by a transverse wall and being open at its other end, said cover including an anchoring flange at said other end; said self-centering means being disposed within said sleeve in engagement with its internal surface; said encapsulation also extending outside of said sleeve and forming a support seat covering said anchoring flange and a portion of said body that extends outside of said sleeve through the open other end thereof, with said wires extending through said seat and emerging therefrom at a location remote from said one end of said body.