US 12,146,814 B2
Systems and methods for detecting water leaks and/or preventing waste water overflow
Hardik Agarwal, Siliguri (IN); Manjunath Hiremath, Bangalore (IN); Chethana Shivappa, Bangalore (IN); and Narain Adhinarayanan, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to B/E AEROSPACE, INC., Winston Salem, NC (US)
Filed by B/E AEROSPACE, INC., Winston Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Jun. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/848,868.
Claims priority of application No. 202141054170 (IN), filed on Nov. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0160772 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. G01M 3/24 (2006.01); B64D 11/02 (2006.01); E03D 11/13 (2006.01); G01F 23/00 (2022.01)
CPC G01M 3/24 (2013.01) [B64D 11/02 (2013.01); G01F 23/0007 (2013.01); E03D 11/13 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aircraft, comprising:
a first lavatory comprising a first sensor disposed in a first toilet bowl;
a second lavatory comprising a second sensor disposed in a second toilet bowl, the first sensor and the second sensor each comprising a water sensor, the water sensor configured to detect when the water sensor is exposed to water;
a display device; and
a controller electronically coupled to the first sensor and the second sensor, the controller configured to:
receive, via the first sensor, a first signal indicating the first sensor is exposed to water,
determine a location of the first sensor in response to receiving the first signal,
transmit a second signal to the display device indicating an overflow condition is about to occur in the first toilet bowl and the location of the first toilet bowl is in the first lavatory, wherein the display device displays an indicator indicating that the overflow condition is in the first lavatory.