US 12,219,664 B2
Systems and methods for a connected sump pump
Hassan Khalid, Greenfield, WI (US); Nicola Sgambelluri, Pisa (IT); Brian Broga, Elkhorn, WI (US); Brian Boothe, Raleigh, NC (US); and Dan Featherstone, Walworth, WI (US)
Assigned to Pentair Flow Technologies, LLC, Delavan, WI (US)
Filed by Pentair Flow Technologies, LLC, Delavan, WI (US)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/485,728.
Application 18/485,728 is a continuation of application No. 17/821,718, filed on Aug. 23, 2022, granted, now 11,838,992.
Application 17/821,718 is a continuation of application No. 16/666,260, filed on Oct. 28, 2019, granted, now 11,425,786, issued on Aug. 23, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/753,560, filed on Oct. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0040665 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 84/18 (2009.01); F04B 23/02 (2006.01); G06F 1/3209 (2019.01); G07C 3/02 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 84/18 (2013.01) [F04B 23/023 (2013.01); G06F 1/3209 (2013.01); G07C 3/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 76/15 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for monitoring a sump pump, the system comprising:
a power adapter designed to receive power from a power source, the power adapter provided in the form of:
a controller establishing a wireless connection to a wireless network; and
a housing having a first receptacle designed to accept a float-switch input and electrically couple the float-switch input to the controller and the power source, and a second receptacle designed to accept a sump pump input of the sump pump and electrically couple the sump pump input to the controller and the power source.