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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2005
Applicants:
Greg Massa, Birmingham, MI (US);
Jim Thompson, Novi, MI (US);
Dean Armstrong, Keego Harbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Greg Massa, Birmingham, MI (US);
Jim Thompson, Novi, MI (US);
Dean Armstrong, Keego Harbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme), Brussels, BE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for fixing a fuel level sensor in a fuel tank having an upper and a lower wall, the sensor having a foot and a top. The method fixedly secures the foot of the sensor to the bottom wall of the fuel tank through a molded-in retainer, and elastically fixes the tubular top of the sensor to the top wall of the tank through a molded-in retainer as well.