Patent 10436627 was granted and assigned to Safran on October, 2019 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The oil level sensor is associated with a tank containing oil and has a float movable along guides and which can float on the oil of the tank, so as to move with the oil level, a permanent magnet movable with the float, and an electronic card provided with magnetic switches sensitive to said magnet. The guides of the spherical float are positioned about the float and the contacts of the guides with said float are limited to three substantially linear zones.