Flexible fuel sensor
AssigneeStartrak Information Technologies, LLC
InventorsHerbert Perten, Timothy P. Sifkin
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Abstract
A flexible fuel sensor for measuring the fuel level in a tank in which the sensor is installed. The flexible fuel sensor comprises a fitting arranged to be mounted to a mated fitting on a fuel tank associated with a hole in the fuel tank, a flexible down member extending from the fitting in a first direction and including a fuel level sensing mechanism, the down member configured to be mounted to extend through the hole into the fuel tank, and a sensor head extending from the fitting in a second direction and including sensor electronics coupled to the fuel level sensing mechanism. The flexible down member may comprise a coil made of steel wire.
Claims16
A flexible fuel sensor comprising:
- a fitting arranged to be mounted to a mating fitting on a fuel tank associated with a hole in the fuel tank;
- a flexible down member extending from the fitting in a first direction and including a fuel level sensing mechanism, the down member configured to be mounted to extend through the hole into the fuel tank;
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- a sensor head extending from the fitting in a second direction and including sensor electronics coupled to the fuel level sensing mechanism.
A flexible fuel sensor comprising:
- a sensor head, including:
- sensor electronics, including a signal sending unit;
- sensor wiring having first and second ends, the first end attached to the sensor electronics;
- a connector attached to the second end of the sensor wiring, connectable to a mated connector attached to fuel gauge wiring;
- a threaded fitting attached to the sensor head comprising threads that screw into mated threads in a hole in a fuel tank;
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- a flexible down tube attached to the threaded fitting, including a fuel level sensing mechanism connected to the sensor electronics.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.