Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Capacitive liquid level sensor
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Application No.: US14526953Application Date: 2014-10-29
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Publication No.: US09921095B2Publication Date: 2018-03-20
- Inventor: Franklin Tichborne , Joseph K-W Lam
- Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
- Applicant Address: GB Bristol
- Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
- Current Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB Bristol
- Agency: Hauptman Ham, LLP
- Priority: GB1319153.1 20131030
- Main IPC: G01F23/26
- IPC: G01F23/26 ; H01G11/36

Abstract:
A sensor for measuring a level of a liquid such as fuel and/or water in a tank such as a fuel tank. The sensor includes a stack of capacitors, each capacitor with one or more graphene measurement electrodes and one or more graphene reference electrodes. A measurement system is arranged to measure a capacitance of each capacitor between its measurement electrode(s) and its reference electrode(s) and thereby infer the liquid level. The graphene measurement and reference electrodes are formed in a single layer of graphene oxide by reductive etching.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150114506A1 CAPACITIVE LIQUID LEVEL SENSOR Public/Granted day:2015-04-30
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