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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
John Eric Rollinger, Troy, MI (US);
Joshua Schumaker, Dearborn, MI (US);
Karen Willard, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);
James Edward Godden, Troy, MI (US);
Robert Milton, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 23/00 (2006.01); B60K 15/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 23/0076 (2013.01); B60K 15/03 (2013.01); G01F 23/0092 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03217 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and a system for indicating more than three different fluid levels in a fluid reservoir is described for a system that includes a fluid level sensor having only two output levels. In one example, the more than three different fluid levels are determined via output of the fluid level sensor and output of one or more sensors that indicate acceleration or orientation of a vehicle.