US 12,066,393 B1
Moisture detection system
Justin Dax Haslam, San Antonio, TX (US); Donnette Moncrief Brown, San Antonio, TX (US); Eric David Schroeder, San Antonio, TX (US); Ravi Durairaj, San Antonio, TX (US); and Deborah Janette Schulz, San Antonio, TX (US)
Assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by UIPCO, LLC, San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Sep. 4, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/013,227.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/896,892, filed on Sep. 6, 2019.
Int. Cl. G01N 27/04 (2006.01); E04F 19/04 (2006.01); G05B 19/048 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 27/048 (2013.01) [E04F 19/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A moisture detection system, comprising:
a baseboard configured to be mounted on a lower portion of a wall of a building structure, the baseboard including a bottom configured to be disposed adjacent a floor when the baseboard is mounted on the lower portion of the wall, the baseboard further including a first electrode and a second electrode; and
a moisture detector configured to detect whether a circuit is closed by a conductive liquid making simultaneous contact with the first electrode and the second electrode;
wherein the first electrode and the second electrode extend along a length of the baseboard in a recess in the bottom of the baseboard.