ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,210, issued on July 29, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).

"Systems and methods for detecting water events in vehicles" was invented by Stefanie Jean Acosta (San Antonio), Carlos JP Chavez (San Antonio), Janelle Denice Dziuk (Falls City, Texas), Michael Joseph Gaeta (San Anotnio, Texas), Stacy Callaway Huggar (San Antonio), Emily Kathleen Krebs (San Antonio), Jeffrey Neal Pollack (San Antonio) and Mitzi Ruiz (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods of the present disclosure include a vehicle water detection system that includes a housing configured to be disposed within...