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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2005
Alan Douglas Thomas, Berks, GB;
Brian Johnson, Devon, GB;
Alan Douglas Thomas, Berks, GB;
Brian Johnson, Devon, GB;
First Inertia Switch Limited, Farnborough, Hampshire, GB;
Abstract
A fuel level sensor having a magnetic position sensor connected to an arm for attachment to a float, wherein the magnetic position sensor comprises a stator and a movable part, the stator having two soft magnetic pieces defining an air gab, which contains a magnetoresistive probe for measuring the variation in induction in the gap, the moveable part comprising a yoke of soft magnetic materiel displaceable parallel to the magnetic pieces of the stator, and a magnet partly embedded in a cavity in the yoke facing the stator, the poles of the magnet being polarized perpendicularly to direction of movement of the moveable part relative to the stator.