Fill level measurement system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9733116
APP PUB NO 20160146656A1
SERIAL NO

14786862

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A fill-level measurement apparatus for measuring a fill level of a fluid in a container includes a housing having a first end and a second end and first and second substantially identical thin capacitive sensors mounted on a carrier plate in the housing. The carrier plate includes a circuit board and a microcontroller is mounted on the circuit board. The first sensor is mounted in the housing at a first distance from the first end with a surface portion in contact with a first inner wall portion of the housing, and the second sensor is mounted in the housing between the first sensor and the second end of the housing with a clearance of 0.5 to 10 centimeters from a second inner wall portion of the housing, and the first sensor and the second sensor are configured to communicate with the microcontroller.

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SKF LUBRICATION SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBHHEINRICH-HERTZ-STRASSE 2-8 WALLDORF 69190

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hoppe, Peter Berlin, DE 9 50
Kreutzkaemper, Juergen Waibstadt-Daisbach, DE 33 100
Schmidt, Holger Klein-Machnow, DE 158 1642

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