Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for indicating fuel level in a fuel tank

US5765435A · kind A · utility

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7Claims

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Assignees

PIERBURG GMBH · DE
Preh-Werke GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Norbert Grotschel · Neuss, DE
Horst Breuer · Neuss, DE
Oswald Reuss · Unterelsbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 27, 1995
Grant date	Jun 16, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 27, 2015

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01F23/36
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A fuel level indicator is mounted on a casing (2) in a fuel tank (1) and includes a float lever (6) connected to a lever arm (17), the float lever (6) having an elbow portion (16) passing through an opening (18) in lever arm (17) and projecting into a hole (15) in a holder (9) for rotation therein. At its lower edge (19) the lever arm (17) engages a collar (20) of holder (9) and at its upper edge (21) the lever arm (17) engages a collar (22) of holder (9). In this way, the lever arm (17), and thereby float lever (6), is guided radially and axially on the holder (9). The float lever (6) is releasably secured to the lever arm (17) by resilient snap tabs (23). Accordingly, precise support of the float lever is obtained with a simple construction and with easy assembly and disassembly of the float lever.

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