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Container with fill state transmitter

US10906735B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

TI AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH · DE

Inventors

Albert J. Boecker · Ettlingen, DE
Patrick Gmünd · Karlsruhe, DE
Gerrit A. Michaelis · Friesenheim, DE
Thorsten Schaefer · Naumburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 26, 2016
Grant date	Feb 2, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 15, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65D2501/24872
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A plastic fuel container with a fill level transmitter has a floating body, which is disposed on a rotatably mounted carrier via a lever arm, and a magnet, which is disposed on the carrier and which rotates together with the carrier when the carrier rotates as a result of the floating body, and a Hall sensor, which is disposed in a fixed position relative to the magnet, for detecting a field strength, which changes when the magnet rotates, as a measurement for the fill level in the container. In addition, the Hall sensor is disposed on a sensor carrier which can be mounted from the outer side of the container.

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