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Circuit for driving a signaling device

US5912617A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 15, 1997
Grant dateJun 15, 1999
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Expiry dateSep 15, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01F23/806
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A circuit for controlling the reserve lamp of a vehicle's fuel level indicator instrument. The circuit uses a switch controlled by an extremely asymmetric clock signal periodically to switch, for a very short time, the signal provided by the level sensor coupled to a comparator operable to compare this signal with a threshold value for the purpose of determining the state of the reserve lamp.

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