Patent ID: 7449647

Claim:
Transducer for transforming information relating to a water level in a flood basin of a machine into an electric signal, said transducer comprising: a transducer housing; upstream and downstream housing sections having a membrane disposed hermetically therebetween so as to define upstream and downstream chambers respectively, the upstream and downstream housing sections being at least in part enclosed by the transducer housing; said upstream housing section comprising a tube adapted to connect the upstream chamber with the flood basin of the machine; said downstream housing section comprising a spring-biased, essentially cylindrical armature fixed to said membrane, said armature being axially movably within a tubular extension of the downstream section; an inductive winding disposed in said transducer housing and arranged to surround a portion of the tubular extension, and a substantially flat circuit arrangement disposed in said housing of the transducer and supported by a guide formed on the tubular extension, said flat circuit arrangement being operatively connected with the inductive winding and having a side that is configured to accommodate a connector.