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Sealed fuel level detector

US7621182B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 9, 2007
Grant dateNov 24, 2009
Priority date—
Expiry dateDec 21, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01F23/363
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A fuel level detector has a float connected to an arm that rotates a pivot pin. The pivot pin rotates in a hole in the wall of the detector, and the hole is sealed by a sleeve. One end of the sleeve is sealed to the housing of the detector surrounding the hole, and the opposite end of the sleeve is sealed around the outer surface of the pin.

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