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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2007
Johann Ludwig, Steinbach, DE;
Hans-jürgen Neumann, Rüsselsheim, DE;
Swen Ottmann, Frankfurt, DE;
Christoph Schiel, Bad Nauheim, DE;
Peter Tandler, Kronberg, DE;
Werner Krebs, Hambach, DE;
Barbara Schmidt, Frankfurt, DE;
Johann Ludwig, Steinbach, DE;
Hans-Jürgen Neumann, Rüsselsheim, DE;
Swen Ottmann, Frankfurt, DE;
Christoph Schiel, Bad Nauheim, DE;
Peter Tandler, Kronberg, DE;
Werner Krebs, Hambach, DE;
Barbara Schmidt, Frankfurt, DE;
Abstract
An equalizing tank for a hydraulic motor vehicle brake system, with a housing including a housing upper part and a housing lower part, and with a device for monitoring the fluid level in the equalizing tank, the device including a switching unit which is fastened to the housing and has a plug-in connector and a contact carrier, a portion of which projects into a guide pipe which extends into an interior space of the tank, and a sensor element or switching element which is arranged on the contact carrier in the region of the guide pipe and which can be switched by a transmitter in a switching point at which the switching unit generates a signal for an electronic control unit.