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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2012
Applicants:
Frank Kuehnel, Eschborn, DE;
Karl-friedrich Pfeiffer, Erlangen, DE;
Manfred Roth, Grosshabersdorf, DE;
Inventors:
Frank Kuehnel, Eschborn, DE;
Karl-Friedrich Pfeiffer, Erlangen, DE;
Manfred Roth, Grosshabersdorf, DE;
Assignee:
Continental Automotive GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 23/296 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 23/2968 (2013.01); G01F 23/2962 (2013.01);
Abstract
A filling level transmitter includes a sound-conducting tube and a filling level sensor. The filling level sensor has: a housing including a ceramic substrate and a metal lid soldered to the substrate, an ultrasonic transceiver arranged in the housing and having a sound-outputting region, the ultrasonic transceiver being connected by at least the sound-outputting region to the substrate, and sensor electronics arranged in the housing.