Measuring device for measuring property of fuel inside fuel tank

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9810569-B2
Application number	US-201414470929-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 27, 2014
Priority date	Aug 29, 2013
Publication date	Nov 7, 2017
Grant date	Nov 7, 2017

Abstract

A measuring device may be provided with a cover configured to close an opening provided on a fuel tank; a plug configured to close a through hole provided on the cover; and a sensor configured to measure a property of fuel inside the fuel tank. The plug may be provided with an electrical connector and a fuel passage. The electrical connector may be configured to electrically connect inside and outside of the fuel tank. The electrical connector may pierce through the plug from an upper surface to a lower surface of the plug The fuel passage may include an inlet configured to open to the inside of the fuel tank to receive the fuel from the inside of the fuel tank. The sensor may be disposed in the fuel passage of the plug.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A measuring device comprising:
a cover configured to close an opening provided on a fuel tank;
a plug configured to close a through hole provided on the cover; and
a sensor configured to measure a property of fuel inside the fuel tank,
wherein
the plug comprises:
an electrical connector pierces through the plug from an upper surface to a lower surface of the plug; and
a fuel passage including an inlet configured to open to the inside of the fuel tank to receive the fuel from the inside of the fuel tank,
one end of the electrical connector on an upper surface side is connected to a control circuit disposed at an outside of the fuel tank,
another end of the electrical connector on a lower surface side is connected to an electrical equipment disposed in the inside of the fuel tank via a lead wire,
the electrical equipment is configured to be driven by a power of an external power source,

the sensor is disposed in the fuel passage of the plug, and
the fuel passage includes an outlet that is configured to open to the inside of the fuel tank to discharge the fuel from the fuel passage to the inside of the fuel tank.

2. The measuring device according to claim 1 , wherein
the sensor is connected to the control circuit
the plug further comprises a circuit housing configured to house the control circuit, and
in a case where the plug is assembled into the cover, the control circuit housed in the circuit housing is located on the plug on the outside of the fuel tank.

Assignees

• Aisan Ind
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ikeya Masaki
• Kato Nobuhiro
• Kataoka Chiaki

Classifications

• G01F23/30 Primary

  by floats · CPC title

• B60K2015/03217

  Fuel level sensors · CPC title

• B60K15/03 Primary

  Fuel tanks · CPC title

• B60K2015/03447

  for improving the sealing · CPC title

• G01F23/0007

  for discrete indicating and measuring (G01F23/02 - G01F23/28 take precedence) · CPC title