IP Library Granted Patent US 11,346,353
Granted Patent B2
US 11,346,353 · App. 16/819,356 · Granted May 31, 2022

Fluid pump assembly

Inventors: Matthew Wenger (Fort Wayne, IN); Nicholas G. Till (Fort Wayne, IN); Wayne A. Hughes, Jr. (Fort Wayne, IN); Jacob J. Berry (Uniondale, IN); Lester B. Ashe (Fort Wayne, IN)
Assignee: Tuthill Corporation
F04D25/082F04D13/0646F04D29/584F04D29/5806
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Patent No.
US 11,346,353
App. No.
16/819,356
Granted
May 31, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fluid transfer pump assembly that includes a motor enclosure assembly that forms a motor cavity sized to receive a motor. The motor enclosure includes a flame path that extends from an interior joint to an exterior joint. The interior joint faces the motor cavity and the exterior joint faces exterior of the motor enclosure assembly. A heat sink is located in the motor cavity of the motor enclosure assembly. A portion of the heat sink abuts the interior joint.

Claims (39)

1. A fluid transfer pump assembly comprising:

a motor enclosure assembly that forms a motor cavity;

wherein the motor enclosure includes a flame path composed of a pathway formed by two facing surfaces of the motor enclosure;

wherein the pathway formed by the two facing surfaces of the motor enclosure extend from an interior joint to an exterior joint;

wherein the interior joint faces the motor cavity and the exterior joint faces exterior of the motor enclosure assembly;

wherein the motor cavity includes a motor controller that supplies power to a motor having a rotor and a stator;

wherein the stator includes a plurality of pole pairs of wire windings that can create a moving electromagnetic force to rotate the rotor;

wherein the motor controller, upon receiving signals of a condition of the fluid transfer pump assembly, directs current to at least one pole pair of wire windings on the stator at a voltage that does not cause the motor to rotate, and instead causes the at least one pole pair of wire windings to vibrate to generate a feedback signal.

2. The fluid transfer pump assembly of claim 1 , wherein the feedback signal is a status feedback signal.

3. The fluid transfer pump assembly of claim 2 , wherein the status feedback signal is at least one tone to convey at least one operating condition of fluid transfer pump assembly.

4. The fluid transfer pump assembly of claim 2 , wherein the status feedback signal is a plurality of status feedback signals, wherein the at least one operating condition of the fluid transfer pump assembly is a plurality of operating conditions of the fluid transfer pump assembly, wherein each one of the plurality of status feedback signals is indicative of each one of the plurality of operating conditions of fluid transfer pump assembly such that the each one of the plurality of status feedback signals for the each one of the plurality of operating conditions is a predetermined signal.

5. The fluid transfer pump assembly of claim 3 , wherein the at least one operating condition of fluid transfer pump assembly is a plurality of operating conditions of the fluid transfer pump assembly, wherein the status feedback signal indicative of each one of the plurality of operating conditions of the fluid transfer pump assembly is a predetermined status feedback signal selected from the group consisting of the at least one tone and a plurality of tones.

6. The fluid transfer pump assembly of claim 1 , wherein the feedback signal is at a frequency that is selected from the group consisting of at least at least one of audible and imperceptible to a human ear.

7. The fluid transfer pump assembly of claim 1 , wherein the feedback signal is at a frequency detectable by a microphone to be processed by a device selected from the group consisting at least one of a computer and a smart phone.

8. The fluid transfer pump assembly of claim 1 , wherein a change of current distributed to the at least one pole pair of wire windings changes the feedback signal to that associated with the condition of the fluid transfer pump assembly.

9. The fluid transfer pump assembly of claim 1 , wherein the condition of the fluid transfer pump assembly is a detected condition selected from the group consisting at least one of an over voltage, under voltage, high temperature, application fault, and battery fault.

10. The fluid transfer pump assembly of claim 1 , wherein the fluid transfer pump assembly does not include an indictor selected from the group consisting of light and speaker to act as a feedback indicator.

11. The fluid transfer pump assembly of claim 1 , wherein the at least one pole pair of wire windings of the stator of the motor vibrates to generate the feedback signal.

12. The fluid transfer pump assembly of claim 1 , wherein the at least one pole pair of wire windings on the stator is a plurality of pairs of windings that vibrate to generate a feedback signal.

13. The fluid transfer pump assembly of claim 1 , wherein the feedback signal is a tone or a sequence of tones.

14. The fluid transfer pump assembly of claim 1 , wherein the condition of the fluid transfer pump assembly is selected from the group consisting of at least one of an application fault and hardware fault.

15. A fluid transfer pump assembly comprising:

a motor enclosure assembly that forms a cavity sized to receive a motor;

wherein the motor enclosure includes a flame path composed of a pathway formed by two facing surfaces of the motor enclosure;

wherein the pathway extends from an interior joint to an exterior joint;

wherein the cavity includes a controller that supplies power to a motor having a rotor and a stator;

wherein the stator includes a plurality of pole pairs of wire windings;

wherein the motor controller directs current to at least one pole pair of wire windings on the stator at a voltage that causes the at least one pole pair of wire windings to vibrate to generate a status feedback signal.

16. The fluid transfer pump assembly of claim 15 , wherein the status feedback signal is at least one tone to convey at least one operating condition of fluid transfer pump assembly.

17. The fluid transfer pump assembly of claim 16 , wherein the at least one operating condition of fluid transfer pump assembly is a plurality of operating conditions of the fluid transfer pump assembly, wherein the status feedback signal indicative of each one of the plurality of operating conditions of fluid transfer pump assembly is a predetermined status feedback signal selected from the group consisting of the at least one tone or a plurality of tones.

18. The fluid transfer pump assembly of claim 15 , wherein the status feedback signal is at a frequency that is selected from the group consisting of at least one of audible and imperceptible to a human ear.

19. A fluid transfer pump assembly comprising:

a motor enclosure assembly that forms a cavity sized to receive a motor;

wherein the motor enclosure includes a flame path composed of a pathway formed by two facing surfaces of the motor enclosure; and

a motor having a rotor and a stator;

wherein the cavity includes a controller;

wherein the stator includes a plurality of pole pairs of wire windings;

wherein the motor controller directs current to at least one pole pair of wire windings on the stator at a voltage that causes the at least one pole pair of wire windings to vibrate to generate a status feedback signal.

20. The fluid transfer pump assembly of claim 19 , wherein the at least one operating condition of fluid transfer pump assembly is a plurality of operating conditions of the fluid transfer pump assembly, wherein the status feedback signal indicative of each one of the plurality of operating conditions of fluid transfer pump assembly is a predetermined status feedback signal selected from the group consisting of the at least one tone or a plurality of tones.

Assignments (4)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2024
From: THE GORMAN- RUPP COMPANY
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 067579/0634 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2022
From: TUTHILL CORPORATION
To: THE GORMAN-RUPP COMPANY
Reel/Frame 060247/0098 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2022
From: THE GORMAN-RUPP COMPANY
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 060055/0341 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2020
From: WENGER, MATTHEW; TILL, NICHOLAS G.; HUGHES, WAYNE A., JR.; BERRY, JACOB J.; ASHE, LESTER B.
To: TUTHILL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052122/0025 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15958217 · Apr 20, 2018
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