Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel tank with integrated level sensors, in particular for aerial vehicles
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Application No.: US16620726Application Date: 2018-06-07
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Publication No.: US11214140B2Publication Date: 2022-01-04
- Inventor: Nelson Jadir Mendes Ferreira , Joaquim Miguel Fonseca Silva , Christophe Da Silva Fernandes , Pedro Dos Santos Duarte Carvalho , João Manuel De Carvalho Gomes , Miguel Bruno Vieira Ribeiro , Bruno Guiherme Gonçalves De Matos , Ana Rita Bento Montes , André Lourenço Caldeira Pinto , Pedro Miguel Gonçalves Da Costa Pereira , José Manuel Gusman Correia Araujo Barbosa
- Applicant: STRATOSPHERE, S.A. , CEIIA—CENTRO DE ENGENHARIA E DESENVOLVIMENTO (ASSOCIAÇÃO) , CENTITVC—CENTRO DE NANOTECNOLOGIA E MATERIAIS TÉCNICOS, FUNCIONAIS E INTELIGENTES
- Applicant Address: PT Guimarães; PT Matosinhos; PT Vila Nova de Famalicão
- Assignee: STRATOSPHERE, S.A.,CEIIA—CENTRO DE ENGENHARIA E DESENVOLVIMENTO (ASSOCIAÇÃO),CENTITVC—CENTRO DE NANOTECNOLOGIA E MATERIAIS TÉCNICOS, FUNCIONAIS E INTELIGENTES
- Current Assignee: STRATOSPHERE, S.A.,CEIIA—CENTRO DE ENGENHARIA E DESENVOLVIMENTO (ASSOCIAÇÃO),CENTITVC—CENTRO DE NANOTECNOLOGIA E MATERIAIS TÉCNICOS, FUNCIONAIS E INTELIGENTES
- Current Assignee Address: PT Guimarães; PT Matosinhos; PT Vila Nova de Famalicão
- Agency: Leason Ellis LLP
- Priority: PT110127 20170607
- International Application: PCT/IB2018/054124 WO 20180607
- International Announcement: WO2018/225010 WO 20181213
- Main IPC: B60K15/03
- IPC: B60K15/03 ; F02M37/00 ; G01F23/26

Abstract:
Liquid fuel tank comprising a plurality of liquid level detection capacitive sensors, each arranged along an edge of the fuel tank such that the capacitance of said sensors varies with the volume of fuel present in the fuel tank, wherein an independent liquid level detection capacitive sensor is arranged along each edge of the fuel tank bottom and of the side walls; wherein the tank is electrically conductive and each level sensor comprises an electrically insulating plate arranged thickness-wise between sensor and tank, such that tank and sensors are capacitively uncoupled. Method for obtaining the fuel volume comprising: obtaining the reading of the liquid level detection capacitive sensors arranged on the edges of the tank; calculating the volume, corresponding to the fuel, of the geometric solid defined by the fuel tank and by the upper surface of the fuel as defined by the liquid level readings from the sensors.
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