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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2001
Joachim Acht, Frankfurt, DE;
Ralf Schimmel, Weilmünser, DE;
Manfred Rother, Hagen, DE;
Rudolf Stiller, Niederdorfelden, DE;
Mannesmann VDO AG, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Abstract
A sensor for determining the level and temperature of a liquid, in particular in a motor vehicle, has an elongate housing ( ), in which all the components required for temperature measurement and level measurement are accommodated. This housing ( ) consists of two half shells ( ) which rest one on the other and of which one half shell ( ) has all the components required for level measurement and the wiring and resistance wire ( ) necessary for this purpose and the other half shell ( ) has all the components required for temperature measurement and the wiring necessary for this purpose.