A system and a method for detecting a fault in a fluid path of a fluid system

A detection system for detecting a failure in a fluid path of a fluid system, the detection system comprising:

• at least one conduit comprising a conduit wall that defines a fluid path for fluid transfer;
• at least one connector connected to the at least one conduit, the at least one connector comprising two parts, respectively a female connector and a male connector, removably fixed together, the male connector being secured to the female connector in a connected state of the at least one connector and the male connector being separated at least partially from the female connector in a partially or totally disconnected state of the at least one connector;
• a retaining element slidably connected to the at least one connector, the retaining element being movable in an axial direction between a disengaged position, in which it allows relative axial movement between the female connector and the male connector, and an engaged position, in which it prevents relative axial movement between the female connector and the male connector,
• a ring arranged between the female connector and the male connector, the ring being held in abutment against the male connector by means of at least one elastic return element exerting a thrust on the ring in a direction tending to move it away from the female connector, the at least one elastic return element being compressed when the at least one connector is in its connected state;
• at least one electrically conductive element forming an electrical signal path for an electrical signal which indicates a state of the at least one conduit and/or the at least one connector;
• and,
• an electrical terminal electrically connected to the at least one electrically conductive element such that the electrical signal is transmitted to the electrical terminal via the electrical signal path,
• wherein the at least one electrically conductive element comprises at least one first electrically conductive segment secured to the at least one conduit, at least one second electrically conductive segment secured to the at least one connector, at least one third electrically conductive segment secured to the retaining element and at least one fourth electrically conductive segment secured to the ring, the at least one first electrically conductive segment being electrically connected to the at least one second electrically conductive segment, the at least one third electrically conductive segment and the at least one fourth electrically conductive segment in the connected state of the at least one connector and not being electrically connected to the at least one second electrically conductive segment and/or to the at least one third electrically conductive segment and/or to the at least one fourth electrically conductive segment in the partially or totally disconnected state of the at least one connector.