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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2017
Ksr Ip Holdings, Llc, Wilmington, DE (US);
Shaun Fuller, Ridgetown, CA;
Rex Qiu, Chatham-Kent, CA;
KSR IP HOLDINGS, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
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.