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Patent No.:

US 11680865 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 29, 2021

Leak detection in water distribution systems using acoustic signals

Applicant:

Mueller International, Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Leo W. Fleury, Jr., N. Smithfield, RI (US);

Ganapathi Deva Varma Dintakurti, Brampton, CA;

Werner Guenther Richarz, Thornhill, CA;

James O. Williams, Marlborough, MA (US);

Shabbir Yusuf, Mississauga, CA;

Timothy Scott Edward Hiller, Waterloo, CA;

Steven James Mercer, Guelph, CA;

Stefan Erik Janhunen, Waterloo, CA;

Assignee:

Mueller International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorney:

Taylor English Duma LLP

Primary Examiner:

Nathaniel J Kolb

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/00 (2006.01); G01M 3/24 (2006.01); E03B 7/07 (2006.01); E03B 7/00 (2006.01); E03B 9/06 (2006.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); H01Q 1/38 (2006.01); H01Q 1/42 (2006.01); E03B 9/02 (2006.01); B26F 1/14 (2006.01); G01F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/00 (2013.01); E03B 7/003 (2013.01); E03B 7/071 (2013.01); E03B 9/06 (2013.01); G01M 3/24 (2013.01); G01M 3/243 (2013.01); H01Q 1/225 (2013.01); H01Q 1/2291 (2013.01); H01Q 1/38 (2013.01); H01Q 1/42 (2013.01); B26F 1/14 (2013.01); E03B 9/02 (2013.01); G01F 17/00 (2013.01); Y02A 20/15 (2018.01); Y10T 83/04 (2015.04);
Abstract

Examples of a leak detection system are disclosed. In one example according to aspects of the present disclosure, a leak detection system includes a housing defining an interior, the housing connected to a component of a water distribution system. The leak detection system also includes a leak detection sensor contained within the interior of the housing and configured to detect a leak within the water distribution system. Additionally, the leak detection system includes a digital signal processing circuit in communication with the leak detection sensor.

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