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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2018
Applicant:
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventor:
Michael Kunz, Plymouth, MI (US);
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 17/22 (2006.01); B60T 17/06 (2006.01); G01F 23/74 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); B60T 11/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 23/74 (2013.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); B60T 11/26 (2013.01); B60T 17/06 (2013.01); B60T 17/225 (2013.01);
Abstract
A unit for detecting a filling level of a liquid in a container. The unit includes at least one float gauge, which carries at least one permanent magnet, and including at least one switching unit, which is actuatable by the permanent magnet and is fastened in or at the container. It is provided that at least one energizable magnetic device for generating a magnetic field is assigned to the switching unit, which, when sufficiently energized, generates a magnetic field, which actuates the switching unit when the switching unit is functional.