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Patent No.:

US 12228311 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 08, 2022

Circuit for detecting a leak in a water heater device and activating an alarm device

Applicant:

Ademco Inc., Golden Valley, MN (US);

Inventors:

Frederick Hazzard, Plymouth, MN (US);

Adam Myre, Minnetonka, MN (US);

Gregory Young, Blaine, MN (US);

Assignee:

Ademco Inc., Golden Valley, MN (US);

Attorneys:

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Ryan D. Sharp

David J. Dykeman

Primary Examiner:

Edelmira Bosques

Assistant Examiner:

Brett Peterson Mallon

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24H 15/12 (2022.01); F22B 37/42 (2006.01); F24H 9/20 (2022.01); F24H 15/144 (2022.01); F24H 15/20 (2022.01); F24H 15/223 (2022.01); F24H 15/31 (2022.01); F24H 15/36 (2022.01); F24H 15/395 (2022.01); F24H 15/407 (2022.01); F24H 15/421 (2022.01); F24H 15/464 (2022.01); G01M 3/00 (2006.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01); G08B 21/20 (2006.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24H 15/12 (2022.01); F22B 37/421 (2013.01); F24H 9/2035 (2013.01); F24H 15/20 (2022.01); F24H 15/36 (2022.01); F24H 15/395 (2022.01); F24H 15/407 (2022.01); F24H 15/421 (2022.01); F24H 15/464 (2022.01); G01M 3/00 (2013.01); G08B 21/182 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01); F24H 15/144 (2022.01); F24H 15/223 (2022.01); F24H 15/31 (2022.01); G08B 21/20 (2013.01); Y10S 165/008 (2013.01);
Abstract

This disclosure is related to devices, systems, and techniques for outputting an alarm signal in response to detecting a leak in a water heater device. For example, a water heater device includes a leak sensor, an intermittent pilot light, and a circuit. The circuit includes processing circuitry configured to receive, from the leak sensor, an electrical signal including information indicative of a leak in the water heater device, activate, based on the electrical signal including information indicative of the leak, an alarm device, where the alarm device is powered for at least a period of time by a power source, where the power source is configured to receive energy from a thermoelectric device, and maintain an amount of energy stored by the power source so that the amount of energy is sufficient for the power source to supply energy to the alarm device.

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