Liquid level detection unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11105672-B2
Application number	US-201716466777-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 9, 2017
Priority date	Dec 6, 2016
Publication date	Aug 31, 2021
Grant date	Aug 31, 2021

Abstract

A liquid surface detecting unit includes a reservoir cup; a body attached to a side wall of the reservoir cup; an arm rotatably supported by the body; a sensor unit stored in the body and configured to detect rotating motion of the arm; a terminal unit extending from the sensor unit; and a wire harness connected to the terminal unit and extending to an outside of the body. The body may include a groove surrounding and guiding the wire harness together with the side wall of the reservoir cup, the wire harness extending from the terminal unit to the outside of the body.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A liquid surface detecting unit comprising:
a reservoir cup;
a body attached to a side wall of the reservoir cup;
an arm rotatably supported by the body;
a sensor unit housed in the body and configured to detect rotating motion of the arm;
a terminal unit extending from the sensor unit; and
a wire harness connected to the terminal unit and extending to an outside of the body,
wherein
the body comprises a groove surrounding and guiding the wire harness together with the side wall of the reservoir cup, the wire harness extending from the terminal unit to the outside of the body, wherein
the terminal unit comprises three terminals arranged at intervals from each other, and
the body comprises:
partitioning walls, each arranged in a space between a pair of adjacent terminals among the three terminals and extending from the side wall of the reservoir cup toward an opposite side from the reservoir cup beyond the terminals;
a connecting wall extending in a direction intersecting the partitioning walls at a position spaced apart from an end of the terminal unit on an opposite side from the sensor unit, connecting the partitioning walls adjacent to each other, extending from the side wall of the reservoir cup toward the opposite side from the reservoir cup beyond the terminal unit, and including groove, and

the reservoir cup comprises a projection configured to be inserted to the groove and to surround the wire harness together with the groove.

2. The liquid surface detecting unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the terminal unit is exposed from the body.

3. The liquid surface detecting unit according to claim 1 , wherein
each of the body and the reservoir cup comprises an engaging mechanism, the engaging mechanisms configured to engage with each other by sliding the body with respect to the reservoir cup in an extending direction of the wire harness, and
the projection has a height from the side wall of the reservoir cup, the height gradually increasing along a direction in which the body is slid upon engaging the engaging mechanisms.

4. A liquid surface detecting unit comprising:
a reservoir cup;
a body attached to a side wall of the reservoir cup;
an arm rotatably supported by the body;
a sensor unit housed in the body and configured to detect rotating motion of the arm;
a terminal unit extending from the sensor unit; and
a wire harness connected to the terminal unit and extending to an outside of the body,
wherein
the body comprises a groove surrounding and guiding the wire harness together with the side wall of the reservoir cup, the wire harness extending from the terminal unit to the outside of the body; and
the reservoir cup comprises a projection configured to be inserted to the groove and to surround the wire harness together with the groove.

5. The liquid surface detecting unit according to claim 4 , wherein
each of the body and the reservoir cup comprises an engaging mechanism, the engaging mechanisms configured to engage with each other by sliding the body with respect to the reservoir cup in an extending direction of the wire harness, and
the projection has a height from the side wall of the reservoir cup, the height gradually increasing along a direction in which the body is slid upon engaging the engaging mechanisms.

Assignees

• Aisan Ind

Inventors

• Manabe Yuichi
• Suzuki Nobuo

Classifications

• G01F23/38 Primary

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