US Patent Issued to The Boeing on May 27 for "Water leak detection systems and methods for an internal cabin of an aircraft" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,502, issued on May 27, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Water leak detection systems and methods for an internal cabin of an aircraft" was invented by Darren Carl McIntosh (Mukilteo, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes one or more areas, one or more water-drawing components within the one or more areas, a water supply system configured to provide water to the one or more water-drawing components, and a water leak detection system including one or more sensing devices, one or more shut-off valves, and a control unit in communication with the one or more sensing devices, the one or more shut-off val...