IP Library Granted Patent US 11,851,855
Granted Patent B2
US 11,851,855 · App. 17/292,195 · Granted Dec 26, 2023

Drainage system and drain

Inventors: Heino Messerschmidt (Lütjenwestedt, DE); Brunhild Schmidtke (Hohn, DE)
Assignee: ACO AHLMANN SE & CO. KG
E03B1/042E03B1/041E03F1/005E03F7/04E03B2001/047
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Patent No.
US 11,851,855
App. No.
17/292,195
Granted
Dec 26, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Drainage systems are limited in performance and difficult to maintain. A drainage system is therefore specified, comprising at least one infiltration device ( 10, 40 ) adapted to receive fluid; a collecting device ( 30 ) which is in fluid communication with the at least one infiltration device ( 10, 40 ) and is adapted to receive fluid from the at least one infiltration device ( 10, 40 ) and to discharge it to a fluid system ( 4 ), wherein a gateway device ( 52 ) is provided, which is adapted to receive and transmit sensor data to a receiving unit ( 60 ); and at least one sensor ( 6, 6′, 7, 11, 11′, 14, 31, 31′, 32, 33, 41, 44, 42, 45 ) is provided, which is communicatively connected to the gateway device ( 52 ) for providing sensor data.

Claims (46)

1. A drainage system, comprising:

at least one infiltration device adapted to receive fluid;

a collecting device which is connected to the at least one infiltration device by a first connecting pipe and is adapted to receive the fluid from the at least one infiltration device and to discharge the fluid to a fluid system by a second connecting pipe,

wherein a gateway device, which is adapted to receive sensor data and transmit the sensor data to a receiving unit; and

at least one sensor communicatively connected to the gateway device, for outputting the sensor data;

wherein the at least one sensor is designed as a sediment sensor for detecting deposits in the at least one infiltration device wherein the sediment sensor is arranged in an access shaft of the at least one infiltration device; and

wherein the at least one infiltration device has a first temperature sensor and the collecting device has a second temperature sensor.

2. The drainage system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one sensor is adapted to determine or output the sensor data at a substantially constant frequency.

3. The drainage system according to claim 2 ,

wherein the at least one sensor is adapted to switch between an idle phase and an active phase, wherein the determining or outputting the sensor data is performed only in the active phase.

4. The drainage system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one sensor is arranged in the at least one infiltration device or in the collecting device.

5. The drainage system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one infiltration device and the collecting device are arranged at different depth levels with respect to a ground level.

6. The drainage system according to claim 1 ,

further comprising at least one backwater valve is in the collecting device or in the fluid system, for blocking backwatering fluid.

7. The drainage system according to claim 1 ,

further comprising at least one drainage device for draining surface water or rainwater, which is in fluid communication with the at least one infiltration device.

8. The drainage system according to claim 7 ,

wherein the at least one drainage device is a water-permeable base plate or a drainage element, wherein the base plate or the drainage element is adapted to accommodate at least one sensor on a surface facing away from the ground.

9. The drainage system according to claim 8 ,

wherein the base plate comprises a sensor receptacle with a through-hole for accommodating the at least one sensor.

10. The drainage system according to claim 1 ,

further comprising a server device which is communicatively connected to the gateway device and adapted to receive the sensor data.

11. The drainage system according to claim 10 ,

wherein the server device comprises a computing device adapted to parameterize a simulation model using the sensor data or to learn a simulation model.

12. The drainage system according to claim 11 ,

wherein the simulation model specifies a water level in the at least one infiltration device or in the collecting device as a function of a quantity of introduced fluid.

13. The drainage system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one infiltration device has a third temperature sensor, the first temperature sensor and the third temperature sensor being arranged at different heights on a side wall of the at least one infiltration device.

14. The drainage system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the collecting device has a fourth temperature sensor, the second temperature sensor and the fourth temperature sensor being arranged at different heights on a side wall of the collecting device.

15. A drain for use in athelh drainage system,

the drainage system comprising:

at least one infiltration device adapted to receive fluid;

a collecting device which is connected to the at least one infiltration device by a first connecting pipe and is adapted to receive the fluid from the at least one infiltration device and to discharge the fluid to a fluid system by a second connecting pipe,

wherein a gateway device, which is adapted to receive sensor data and transmit the sensor data to a receiving unit and

at least one sensor communicatively connected to the gateway device, for outputting the sensor data;

wherein the at least one sensor is designed as a sediment sensor for detecting deposits in the at least one infiltration device; wherein the sediment sensor is arranged in an access shaft of the at least one infiltration device; and and

wherein the at least one infiltration device has a first temperature sensor and the collecting device has a second temperature sensor;

the drain comprising:

a lower drain element;

an upper drain element;

spacer elements by means of which the lower and the upper drain elements can be connected to one another;

wherein the at least one sensor is arranged on the lower or on the upper drain element for outputting the sensor data.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 14, 2022
From: ACO SEVERIN AHLMANN GMBH & CO KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT
To: ACO AHLMANN SE & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 059364/0563 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2021
From: MESSERSCHMIDT, HEINO; SCHMIDTKE, BRUNHILD
To: ACO SEVERIN AHLMANN GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 056357/0077 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2018 128 443.8 · Nov 13, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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