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US 12,768,750 B2Granted
Fuel and oil leak detection system
AssigneeRtx Corporation
InventorEric G. Stehlik
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Abstract
A system includes a housing. The system also includes a membrane disposed within the housing and configured to separate the housing into a lower area and an upper area, the membrane formed of a material that dissolves when exposed to a flammable liquid. The system further includes at least one sensor disposed within the lower area of the housing, the sensor configured to detect a presence of a liquid collected in a pool area corresponding to a bottom surface inside the housing.
Claims18
A system comprising:
- a housing;
- a membrane disposed within the housing and configured to separate the housing into a lower area and an upper area, the membrane formed of a material that dissolves when exposed to a flammable liquid;
- and
- at least one sensor disposed within the lower area of the housing, the sensor configured to detect a presence of a liquid collected in a pool area corresponding to a bottom surface inside the housing,
- wherein the housing includes one or more side walls having one or more exit holes provided to allow non-flammable liquid that, during operation, has entered the housing via one or more input holes and accumulated on the membrane to exit the housing.
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A system comprising:
- an aircraft engine;
- and
- one or more leak detection systems disposed on, in, or adjacent to the aircraft engine, each of the one or more leak detection systems comprising:
- a housing;
- a membrane disposed within the housing and configured to separate the housing into a lower area and an upper area, the membrane formed of a material that dissolves when exposed to a flammable liquid;
- and
- at least one sensor disposed within the lower area of the housing, the sensor configured to detect a presence of a liquid collected in a pool area corresponding to a bottom surface inside the housing,
- wherein the housing includes one or more side walls having one or more exit holes provided to allow non-flammable liquid that, during operation, has entered the housing via one or more input holes and accumulated on the membrane to exit the housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.