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US 2026/0219128 A1Published application
Wide-Area Leak Detection System
OwnerJoshua Windmillerinventor
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Abstract
A wide area leak detection system and device are disclosed herein. The system has a planar substrate with an electrically conducting material on both an anterior and posterior surfaces, with through vias forming columnar voids, two electrodes and a sensor wetting circuit. Exposure to a fluid on the substrate creates an electrically conductive pathway is formed between the anterior grid and posterior grid through at least one through via, giving rise to a change in an electrical property between the two electrodes, as measured by the sensor wetting circuit, which generates an interrupt signal or alarm.
Claims17
A wide-area leak detection system comprising:
- a substrate having an anterior surface and a posterior surface, said substrate electrically insulative and generally planar;
- an electrically conducting material deposed, in a repeating geometric arrangement, on the anterior surface and posterior surface of said substrate, thereby forming an anterior grid on the anterior surface and a posterior grid on the posterior surface, wherein said anterior grid and posterior grid electrically insulated;
- a plurality of through-substrate vias forming a columnar void between the anterior surface and the posterior surface of said substrate;
- a first electrode configured to make ohmic contact with the anterior grid and a second electrode configured to make ohmic contact with the posterior grid;
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- a sensor wetting circuit in electrical communication with said first electrode and said second electrode, the sensor wetting circuit configured to measure a change in an electrical property between said first electrode and the second electrode, and configured to generate an interrupt signal or alarm;
- wherein upon exposure to a fluid on the anterior surface or the posterior surface of said substrate, an electrically conductive pathway is formed between the anterior grid and the posterior grid through at least one through substrate via of the plurality of through substrate vias, wherein a change in an electrical property between the said first electrode and said second electrode, as measured by said sensor wetting circuit, generates an interrupt signal or alarm.
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A wide-area leak detection system comprising:
- a software application;
- a base station hub having a wireless transceiver and in communication with a remote server over a network;
- an apparatus comprising
- a substrate having an anterior surface and a posterior surface, said substrate electrically insulative and generally planar,
- an electrically conducting material deposed, in a repeating geometric arrangement, on the anterior surface and posterior surface of said substrate, thereby forming an anterior grid on the anterior surface and a posterior grid on the posterior surface, wherein said anterior grid and posterior grid electrically insulated,
- a plurality of through-substrate vias forming a columnar void between the anterior surface and the posterior surface of said substrate,
- a first electrode configured to make ohmic contact with the anterior grid and a second electrode configured to make ohmic contact with the posterior grid,
- a sensor wetting circuit comprising a microcontroller and a wireless transmitter, the sensor wetting circuit in electrical communication with said first electrode and said second electrode, the sensor wetting circuit configured to measure a change in an electrical property between said first electrode and the second electrode;
- wherein upon exposure to a fluid on the anterior surface or the posterior surface of said substrate, an electrically conductive pathway is formed between the anterior grid and the posterior grid through at least one through substrate via of the plurality of through substrate vias, wherein a change in an electrical property between the said first electrode and said second electrode, as measured by said sensor wetting circuit, generates a signal to transmit via the wireless transmitter to the base station hub to the remote server and to the software application to indicate the detection of a leak.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.