Patent ID: 7752912
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: G01F

Abstract:
1. A sliding fluid level-detecting device which is mounted in a fuel tank of a vehicle and detects a remaining amount of a liquid fuel in the tank comprising: a plurality of electrodes which are formed in strips and formed on an electrode part which is electrically connected with a fuel meter, a contact point which slides on the plurality of electrodes and is provided on a slider which moves integrally with a displacement of a float which is floating on a fluid surface of the liquid fuel, wherein the electrode is formed out of a glass-incorporated silver-palladium alloy which comprises 30 to 50 parts by weight of glass per every 100 parts by weight of a silver-palladium alloy, and wherein the contact point is formed out of a conductive material having a Vickers hardness (Hv) of 190 to 250.