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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2021
Vega Grieshaber KG, Wolfach, DE;
Roland Welle, Hausach, DE;
VEGA Grieshaber KG, Wolfach, DE;
Abstract
A self-sustaining sensor is provided, being configured to detect a fill level, a limit level, or a pressure of a medium or to measure an interface of a mixture of media in a transport container, the sensor including: a closed housing configured to be submerged in the medium; and a sensor element arrangement including one or more sensor elements arranged in or on the housing, in which the sensor is configured to rest on a bottom of the container and/or to float on a separating layer of the mixture of media during measurement, without being fixed to the container. A self-sustaining fill level measurement system, limit level measurement system, or pressure measurement system is also provided. A method for detecting a fill level or a limit level or a pressure of a medium or for interface measurement of a mixture of media in a transport container is also provided.