Filling level indicator
AssigneeVitesco Technologies GmbH
InventorsHans Guenter Benner, Bernd Pauer
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Abstract
A filling level indicator for determining a filling level in a tank, having a resistor network arranged on a carrier substrate, a contact element, and a magnetic element. The contact element is arranged adjacent to the resistor network and the magnetic element is movable relative to the resistor network and the contact element. The contact element has a contact region deflectable by the magnetic element. An electrically conductive connection between the contact region and the resistor network is produced by the deflection of the contact region. The contact element has an attachment region connected to the carrier substrate, and the contact region is formed spaced apart from the resistor network and the carrier substrate.
Claims8
A filling level indicator for determining a filling level in a tank, comprising:
- a resistor network arranged on a carrier substrate;
- a one-piece contact element arranged adjacent to the resistor network comprising:
- a contact region at a first longitudinal end of the one-piece contact element;
- an attachment region at a second longitudinal end of the one-piece contact element opposite the contact region, that is connected directly to the carrier substrate;
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- a steplike transition between the contact region and the attachment region so that the contact region and the attachment region are offset with respect to one another in a stepped manner in a rest state;
- a magnetic element configured to be movable relative to the resistor network and the contact element;
- wherein the contact region is configured to be deflected by the magnetic element;
- wherein an electrically conductive connection between the contact region and the resistor network is produced by deflection of the contact region;
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- wherein the contact region is formed spaced apart from the resistor network and the carrier substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.