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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2020
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Annette Lynn Huebner, Highland, MI (US);
Marguerite Lynn Kimball, Brighton, MI (US);
Hussein Berry, Dearborn, MI (US);
John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);
Pietro Buttolo, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A pet bowl is provided that comprises a housing defining a water container, a proximity sensor located proximate to the water container, the proximity sensor having conductive circuitry comprising a first circuit made of a first metal and a second circuit made of a dissimilar second metal, and a controller processing signals received from the proximity sensor, the controller selectively switching the conductive circuitry between a first configuration operating as the proximity sensor to sense water contained in the container and a second configuration operating as a thermocouple to sense temperature proximate to the water container.