US 12,247,569 B2
Pump with combined electrical contact
Zachary Fleischmann, Waterford, WI (US)
Assigned to Modine Manufacturing Company, Racine, WI (US)
Filed by Modine Manufacturing Company, Racine, WI (US)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/126,103.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/323,900, filed on Mar. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0304500 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. F04B 49/06 (2006.01); F04D 13/06 (2006.01); F04D 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC F04D 15/0077 (2013.01) [F04D 13/0693 (2013.01); F04D 15/0094 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle system comprising:
a pump including
a motor;
a pinout configuration with an electrical contact,
wherein electrical contact is configured to receive and transmit signals related to an operation of the pump and an address selection;
a motor controller;
a system controller bus communicatively connected to the pinout configuration; and
a system controller communicatively connected to the pump via the system controller bus, the system controller configured to:
determine that the electrical contact is energized;
determine that a resistor is electrically connected to the electrical contact after determining that the electrical contact is energized;
determine a resistance value of the resistor after determining that the resistor is electrically connected to the electrical contact;
identify the pump based on the resistance value; and
transmit a control signal to the motor controller to control the operation of the pump.