Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fluid level monitor
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Application No.: US15490501Application Date: 2017-04-18
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Publication No.: US10247589B2Publication Date: 2019-04-02
- Inventor: Shaun Fuller , Rex Qiu
- Applicant: KSR IP Holdings, LLC
- Applicant Address: US DE Wilmington
- Assignee: KSR IP HOLDINGS, LLC
- Current Assignee: KSR IP HOLDINGS, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US DE Wilmington
- Agency: Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP
- Main IPC: G01F23/30
- IPC: G01F23/30 ; G01F23/34 ; G01F23/36 ; G01F23/38 ; G01F23/44 ; G01F1/38 ; G01F1/36

Abstract:
A fluid level monitor incorporated into a fuel tank. A sensor module is adapted to being mounted to an exterior of the tank. A tube extends from the module within the tank and secures a housing at an interior location. The housing has a gear assembly, a float arm pivotally secures to the gear assembly and, in response to changes in a fluid level of the tank, causes the gear assembly to rotate a drive rod extending within the tube. A coupler forms a portion of the sensor module and is secured to an upper end of the drive rod. Rotation of the coupler relative to a PCB integrated into the sensor module produces an inductive signal indicative of the amount of displacement of the float and, consequently, the level of the fluid within the tank.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170307432A1 FLUID LEVEL MONITOR Public/Granted day:2017-10-26
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