Patent ID: 9719783
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G01C,G01D

Claim:
1. A level sensor for a motor vehicle, comprising: a housing including an externally mounted cylinder, wherein said cylinder has a circular cross-section, a rotor including a cylinder part extending downwardly therefrom that is rotatably mountable within the externally mounted cylinder of the housing, and a pipe piece radially spaced outwardly from the cylinder part by a distance corresponding substantially to a wall thickness of the externally mounted cylinder; and a circuit board including a stator at least partially enclosed by the housing, wherein the cylinder part of the rotor is mounted within the externally mounted cylinder of the housing such that the pipe piece extends at least partially over the externally mounted cylinder of the housing, wherein the rotor is made out of plastic with the exception of a rotor structure of the rotor.