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Measuring device and method for measuring the level of a liquid in a container

US10656004B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

TE Connectivity Sensors Germany GmbH · DE

Inventors

Axel Bartos · Waltrop, DE
Armin Meisenberg · Dortmund, DE
Andreas Voss · Essen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 2, 2016
Grant date	May 19, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 31, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01F23/76
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A measuring device for measuring a level of a liquid in a container is disclosed. The measuring device comprises a sensor line and a float. The sensor line has a plurality of magnetic-field sensors, at least one of the plurality of magnetic-field sensors uses a magnetoresistive effect or is a Hall effect sensor or a magnetoresistor or an extraordinary magnetoresistive sensor. The float is movable along and relative to the sensor line between a first measuring location and a second measuring location. The float has a magnet generating a magnetic field extending substantially parallel to the sensor line at both the first measuring location and the second measuring location.

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