# US 10,871,417 B2 · Leak detection system with electronics component > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,871,417 B2 - Document ID: US10871417B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/442,822 - Filed: 2019-06-17 - Published: 2019-10-03 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2015-06-30 - Assignees: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation - Applicants: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation - Inventors: Gerald H. Ling; Jian L. Ding; Sarah L. Clark; Paul Braun - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10871417B2 ## CPC - G01M 3/045: {with electrical detection means} - G01M 3/165: {by means of cables or similar elongated devices, e.g. tapes} - G01M: TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A leak detection system including a sensor having a first condition when dry and a second condition when wet; a communication device operatively coupled to the sensor; and an attachment element adapted to attach the leak detection system to an area for monitoring fluid leakage, wherein the attachment element is removable, reusable, or both. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A leak detection system comprising: a length of material having a number of leak detection systems, each leak detection system comprising: a sensor; and a communication device operatively coupled to the sensor, wherein the length of material is dividable into n-divisible sections, where n is the number of leak detection systems in the leak detection array, wherein the sensor comprises at least one detection element; wherein an attachment element adapted to attach the leak detection system to an area for monitoring fluid leakage, wherein the attachment element is removable, reusable, or both, wherein the detection element comprises an electrical circuit comprising an electronic component comprising at least one of a resistor, a capacitor, an inductor, a transistor, or any combination thereof, wherein the electrical circuit comprises a continuous wire comprising a serpentine shape. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The leak detection system of claim 1, wherein the detection element comprises an electrical circuit. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The leak detection system of claim 1, wherein the sensor further comprises a substrate. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The leak detection system of claim 3, wherein the detection element is adapted to detect a change in condition of the substrate. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The leak detection system of claim 3, wherein the detection element is attached to the substrate. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The fluid system of claim 1, wherein the communication device is adapted to operate using a wireless protocol. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The leak detection system of claim 1, wherein the attachment element is removably engageable with the area for monitoring fluid leakage. ### Claim 8 A leak detection array comprising: a length of material having a number of leak detection systems, each leak detection system comprising: a sensor; and a communication device operatively coupled to the sensor, wherein the length of material is dividable into n-divisible sections, where n is the number of leak detection systems in the leak detection array, wherein the sensor comprises at least one detection element, wherein the detection element comprises an electrical circuit comprising an electronic component comprising at least one of a resistor, a capacitor, an inductor, a transistor, or any combination thereof, wherein the electrical circuit comprises a continuous wire comprising a serpentine shape. ### Claim 9 A fluid system comprising: an equipment having a fluid and an attached length of material to the equipment having a number of leak detection systems, each leak detection system comprising: a sensor; and a communication device operatively coupled to the sensor, wherein the length of material is dividable into n-divisible sections, where n is the number of leak detection systems in the leak detection array, wherein the sensor comprises at least one detection element wherein an attachment element adapted to attach the leak detection system to an area for monitoring fluid leakage, wherein the attachment element is removable, reusable, or both, wherein the sensor comprises at least one detection element, wherein the detection element comprises an electrical circuit comprising electronic component comprising at least one of a resistor, a capacitor, an inductor, a transistor, or any combination thereof, wherein the electrical circuit comprises a continuous wire comprising a serpentine shape. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The leak detection system of claim 9, wherein the detection element comprises an electrical circuit. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The leak detection system of claim 9, wherein the sensor further comprises a substrate. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The leak detection system of claim 11, wherein the detection element is adapted to detect a change in condition of the substrate. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The leak detection system of claim 11, wherein the detection element is attached to the substrate. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The fluid system of claim 9, wherein the communication device is adapted to operate using a wireless protocol. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The fluid system of claim 9, wherein the communication device is adapted to operate using a local area network (LAN). ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The fluid system of claim 9, wherein the attachment element is removably engageable with the area for monitoring fluid leakage. ### Claim 17 (depends on 9) The fluid system of claim 9, wherein the leak detection system is part of a leak detection array. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The fluid system of claim 17, wherein the leak detection array comprises a plurality of leak detection systems.