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US 10,883,869 B2Granted
Retainer for a moveable arm of a fluid level sensor
AssigneeWalbro Corporation
InventorsJeffrey D. Hanby, Douglas W. Salowitz, Jr.
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Abstract
In at least some implementations, a fluid level sensor assembly includes a housing, a sensor element carried by the housing, an arm that moves relative to the sensor element, a saddle coupled to at least part of the arm to retain the position of the arm relative to the sensor element, and a retainer. The retainer is coupled to the saddle and overlies a portion of the saddle, the arm or both, to inhibit decoupling of the arm from the saddle.
Claims20
A fluid level sensor assembly, comprising:
- a housing;
- a sensor element carried by the housing;
- an arm that moves relative to the sensor element;
- a saddle coupled to at least part of the arm to retain the position of the arm relative to the sensor element;
- and
- a retainer coupled to the saddle so that the retainer moves with the saddle as the saddle moves with the arm, and wherein the retainer overlies a portion of the saddle, the arm or both, to inhibit decoupling of the arm from the saddle.
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A retaining device for a portion of a fluid level sensor, comprising:
- a retainer having a longitudinally extending first sidewall, a longitudinally extending second sidewall, and a base interconnecting the first sidewall and the second sidewall with a void defined between the sidewalls and the base, the void being open along an edge of the sidewalls opposite to the base and wherein the first sidewall includes at least one catch extending generally laterally toward the second sidewall and the second sidewall includes at least one catch extending generally laterally toward the first sidewall, the catches defining a minimum lateral width of the void.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.