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Ultrasound level transmitter

US9829369B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12References

9Claims

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Assignee

CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH · DE

Inventors

Frank Kuehnel · Eschborn, DE
Karl-Friedrich Pfeiffer · Erlangen, DE
Manfred Roth · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 20, 2012
Grant date	Nov 28, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 24, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01F23/2962
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A filling level transmitter includes a sound-conducting tube and a filling level sensor. The filling level sensor has: a housing including a ceramic substrate and a metal lid soldered to the substrate, an ultrasonic transceiver arranged in the housing and having a sound-outputting region, the ultrasonic transceiver being connected by at least the sound-outputting region to the substrate, and sensor electronics arranged in the housing.

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