B60K 2015/03217
Fuel level sensors
Official title: {Fuel level sensors}
B60K2015/03217 (Fuel level sensors) appears on 331 US grants and 347 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60K- Granted patents
- 331
- Published applications
- 347
- Assignees
- 172
- Inventors
- 764
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2026 | 8 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method and device for detecting an impairment of a lever sensor18 Aug 2026US 12,710,305 B2Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Liquid reservoir leak detection system4 Aug 2026US 12,697,867 B2TORC Robotics, Inc.
- Method and a control arrangement for determining the status of a fluid tank26 May 2026US 12,636,949 B2Scania CV AB
- Systems for determining vehicle fuel level14 Apr 2026US 12,601,626 B2Geotab Inc.
- Combined fuel level sending unit and fuel fill limit vent valve24 Mar 2026US 12,583,313 B2Whitecap Industries, Inc.
- Combined fuel level sending unit and fuel fill limit vent valve8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307473 A1Whitecap Industries, Inc.
- Systems and methods for hydrogen tank assembly diagnostics16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200325 A1Hyroad Networks LLC
- Methods and systems for determining vehicle fuel level9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194383 A1Geotab Inc.
- Day Tank18 Jun 2026US 2026/0166986 A1Fischer Panda Generators, LLC
- Methods and systems for determining vehicle fuel level12 Mar 2026US 2026/0071907 A1Geotab Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fuel transfer pump and control112US 6,792,966 B2Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc. · 2004
- Fuel optimization system with improved fuel level sensor97US 6,691,025 B2SSI Technologies, Inc. · 2004
- Method and apparatus for fuel management and for preventing fuel spillage84US 6,078,850 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 2000
- Fuel optimization system with improved fuel level sensor79US 6,484,088 B1SSI Technologies, Inc. · 2002
- Fuel transfer pump and control77US 6,382,225 B1Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc. · 2002