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US 12,179,577 B2Granted
Fuel measurement device with fuel passage and fuel level sensor
AssigneeTf Technologies, LLC
InventorsMark Haslam, Jan DeHoop
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Abstract
In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a fuel measurement device is described. The fuel measurement device includes a collar to clamp against a neck of a fuel tank. A fuel port is coupled to the collar. The fuel port includes 1) a passage through which fuel is passed into the fuel tank and 2) a fuel level sensor that includes an elongated probe inserted into the fuel tank.
Claims20
A fuel measurement device, comprising:
- a collar to clamp against a neck of a fuel tank, where the neck extends outward from the fuel tank at an opening into an interior of the fuel tank;
- a fuel port coupled to the collar, the fuel port comprising:
- a passage through which fuel is passed into the fuel tank;
- and
- a fuel level sensor comprising an elongated probe inserted into the fuel tank;
- wherein the collar is divided into multiple sections, each section being tightened against an adjacent section to clamp against the neck of the fuel tank.
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A method, comprising:
- affixing a collar to a neck of a fuel tank opening, where the neck extends outward from the fuel tank at an opening into an interior of the fuel tank;
- inserting a fuel measurement device comprising a fuel passage and a fuel level sensor into the fuel tank opening;
- and
- affixing the fuel measurement device to the collar via mechanical fasteners;
- wherein the mechanical fasteners that affix the fuel measurement device to the collar are perpendicular to fasteners that clamp the collar to the neck of the fuel tank.
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A fuel management system comprising:
- at least one fuel measurement device, comprising:
- a collar to clamp against a neck of a respective fuel tank;
- a fuel port coupled to the collar, wherein the fuel port is coupled to the collar via mechanical fasteners,
- the fuel port comprising:
- a passage through which fuel is passed into the respective fuel tank;
- and
- a fuel level sensor comprising an elongated probe inserted through the passage into the respective fuel tank;
- and
- a computing system with a data connection with the at least one fuel measurement device, the computing system to:
- receive a fluid level measurement from each fuel measurement device;
- and
- determine a quantity of fuel in each fuel measurement device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.