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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 10, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Alfred Kundrot, Westland, MI (US);
Jeffrey A Jakubowicz, Dearborn, MI (US);
Srini S Gengusamy, Northville, MI (US);
Jerry Lee Springer, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
731181 ; 73756 ; 73119 ;
Abstract
A fuel tank sensor assembly for an automotive fuel tank includes a sensor element mounted below a shear plane of the sensor assembly. In the event that a portion of the assembly is sheared off, the sensor element effectively seals off the sense port extending into the fuel tank thereby restricting liquid fuel from flowing from the tank.