ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,763, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).
"Liquid level detector" was invented by Shota Katsu (Shizuoka, Japan), Kenichi Tanaka (Shizuoka, Japan) and Ryo Hirose (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid level detector includes: a float; an arm; a holder; a frame having a shaft; a detection part that is provided in the frame and detects a rotation angle of the holder; a ground terminal connected to the detection part; and a conductive part having a first end portion connected to the ground terminal and a second end portion positioned so as to be contactable with respect to the arm, and that is at lea...