Patent ID: 8939022
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: G01F

Abstract:
1. A level indicator comprising: a support; a thick-film resistor network arranged on the support; a bow that is pivotable with respect to the support; a contact structure carried by the bow, the contact structure configured to contact the thick-film resistor network to produce an electrical signal in the thick-film resistor network depending on a bow position; a lever arm having a first end retained in the bow, the lever arm having a pivoting range lying in a first plane; and a float immovably fixed to a second end of the lever arm, the float having a rectangular cuboid shape with first and second longitudinal ends, the first longitudinal end being farther from the bow than the second longitudinal ends, the float defining: a seat for the second end of the lever arm arranged in a region of the float delimited by the first longitudinal end of the float and a second plane through a center of mass of the float, perpendicular to the first plane, the second plane being between the first and second longitudinal ends; and a slot in a side of the float, the slot extending from the seat, away from the first longitudinal end of the float, wherein a portion of the lever arm is arranged in the slot to immovably fix the float on the lever arm.