US 12,392,338 B2
Self-recharging stand-alone monitoring system
Colin O'Callaghan, Portland, OR (US); Adam Lindeman, Oregon City, OR (US); Erick Johnson, Gresham, OR (US); and William James Warren, Boring, OR (US)
Assigned to Cornell Pump Company LLC, Clackamas, OR (US)
Filed by Cornell Pump Company LLC, Clackamas, OR (US)
Filed on Feb. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/165,741.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/308,735, filed on Feb. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0250818 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. F04B 51/00 (2006.01); H02S 20/30 (2014.01); H02S 40/38 (2014.01)
CPC F04B 51/00 (2013.01) [H02S 20/30 (2014.12); H02S 40/38 (2014.12); F04B 2203/0206 (2013.01); F04B 2205/09 (2013.01); F04B 2207/702 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for monitoring pump equipment, comprising:
a pump monitoring device comprising:
a plurality of interface devices configured to interface with a plurality of sensor devices located on or in the pump equipment, wherein the pump equipment is external to the device for monitoring the pump equipment, and wherein the plurality of interface devices includes at least one interface device configured to interface with a pump sensor that monitors the pump equipment;
a controller configured to configure the plurality of sensor devices and collect sensor data from the plurality of sensor devices; and
a wireless transceiver configured to communicate with a cellular base station;
a battery configured to provide power to the pump monitoring device;
a solar panel;
a charging system to charge the battery using the solar panel;
a waterproof housing that encloses the pump monitoring device and the charging system, wherein the waterproof housing includes a plurality of ports coupled to the plurality of interface devices, and wherein the controller is to configure the plurality of sensor devices located on or in the pump equipment via the plurality of interface devices and the plurality of ports; and
a chassis configured to secure the pump monitoring device, battery, solar panel, and charging system into a self-contained mobile monitoring device,
wherein the wireless transceiver is coupled to an upper surface of the chassis, and
wherein the solar panel is coupled to the upper surface of the chassis.