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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2016
Harry Sim, San Jose, CA (US);
Steve Kim, Campbell, CA (US);
Robert Shaw, Escondido, CA (US);
Cypress Envirosystems, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system is disclosed for detecting the presence of dielectric fluids and water in a utility enclosure. The system includes a sensor assembly that may be installed in the utility enclosure. The sensor assembly has an array of capacitance sensors extending into the utility enclosure to an area where the fluids are expected to be present. The sensor assembly also has a pressure sensor that can detect the total pressure of the fluids in the enclosure. The reading from both sensors can be feed to a processor and a transmitter that sends the readings wirelessly to a receiver assembly. The receiver assembly includes a wireless receiver, a second processor connected to the wireless receiver and a display. The processor may process the readings from the sensors to calculate and report the levels of fluids in the enclosure.