Abstract: The present invention relates to a sender unit for sensing the level of remaining fuel in a fuel tank utilizing a non-contacting sensor. The sender unit for sensing the level of remaining fuel in a fuel tank of a vehicle is fixed in the fuel tank to sense the level of the remaining fuel by detecting the position of a float that floats depending on the level of the liquid surface of the fuel.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 7, 2006
Publication date:
August 28, 2008
Applicant:
KAFUS
Inventors:
In-Seok Sohn, Kyeong-Hwan Kim, Mun-Sik Jeon, Hyung-Min Kim
Abstract: The present invention relates to a fuel level system for an automobile, and more particularly, to a fuel level system for use in informing a driver of the amount of remaining fuel in a fuel tank of an automobile using gasoline, light oil, gas or the like, wherein a flowing electric current is increased in a contact of a level sender unit. The fuel level system of the present invention comprises a level sender unit installed in a fuel tank of the automobile, a fuel gauge, and a resistor installed inside or outside the level sender unit within the fuel level system to increase an electric current flowing through a contact of the level sender unit.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 1, 2003
Publication date:
August 26, 2004
Applicant:
Korea Automobile Fuel Systems Ltd. (KAFUS)
Inventors:
Hyun Bok Kim, In Seok Sohn, Young Chol Chol, Han Mu Kim