Device for measuring the filling level of a liquid

• US 10,197,431 B2
• Filed: 03/24/2017
• Issued: 02/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hella KGaA Hueck & Company
• Original Assignee: Hella KGaA Hueck & Company
• Inventors: Fedgenhaeuer, Silvio, Tonewizki, Sergej, Zoyke, Ingo, Sklorz, Adam
• Primary Examiner(s): Rogers, David A
• Application Number:
  US15/469,264
• Publication Number:
  US 20170284850A1
• Time in Patent Office: 683 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F01M 11/12 concerning lubricant level
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 23/296 Acoustic waves

Abstract

A device for measuring the filling level of a liquid in a container with an ultrasound sensor and electronic components attached to the ultrasound sensor. A damping cup is arranged above the ultrasound sensor. The electronic components attached to the ultrasound sensor are separated from the liquid to be measured by a cover arranged above the electronic components. The cover has a recess in the vicinity of the ultrasound sensor, rests against the ultrasound sensor with the rim of the recess and is sealingly glued to the same.

Claims

1. A device for measuring the filling level of a liquid in a container with an ultrasound sensor and electronic components attached to the ultrasound sensor, wherein a damping cup is arranged above the ultrasound sensor,

wherein

the electronic components attached to the ultrasound sensor are separated from the liquid to be measured by a cover arranged above the electronic components,

the cover comprises a recess in the vicinity of the ultrasound sensor, and

the cover with the rim of the recess rests against the ultrasound sensor and is sealingly glued to the same.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the top of the cover forms the bottom of the damping cup.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the top of the cover comprises holding structures for attaching the damping cup.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein the cover is configured as a circular disc with a central recess.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the cover on its top comprises structures for forming an antechamber of the damping cup.

6. The device according to claim 1, wherein the cover on its bottom comprises downwardly extending steps perpendicular to the longitudinal plane of the cover, which are attached to its bottom.

7. The device according to claim 1, wherein liquid-free spaces are formed below the cover, which house the electronic components and electronic connections to the ultrasound sensor.

8. The device according to claim 1, wherein the cover on the rim of the recess comprises an approximately vertical section extending along the side of the ultrasound sensor, and a horizontal section extending across the ultrasound sensor roughly in horizontal direction.

9. The device according to claim 1, wherein the recess in the cover above the ultrasound sensor is formed as an opening and the cover rests against the ultrasound sensor by means of a ring-shaped adhesive connection.

10. An oil-lubricated engine, wherein the engine comprises a device according to claim 1.

11. A motor vehicle, wherein the motor vehicle comprises a device according to claim 1.