Level sensor

US6267007A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Mannesmann VDO AG · DE

Inventor

• Klaus Gunther · Voerde, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 8, 2000
• Grant date: Jul 31, 2001
• Expiry date: May 8, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01F23/32
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A filling level sensor has a carrier part (1) having a lever wire (3) which is attached to a bracket (2) and is axially guided by a bar-shaped apron (11). The bracket (2) has webs (9, 10) which protrude radially with respect to its pivotable and axially nondisplaceable bearing and over which flange elements (7, 8) of the carrier part (1) engage. As a result, the bracket (2) is at a constant distance from the carrier part (1) and is additionally of particularly simple design.