US 12,448,975 B2
Sump pump system and method
Hassan Khalid, Greenfield, WI (US); Brian Broga, Elkhorn, WI (US); Bill Hinz, Minneapolis, MN (US); Matthew Meyer, Minneapolis, MN (US); Deelep Gupta, Uttar Pradesh (IN); Aditya Sharma, New Delhi (IN); and Shijin Joseph, Delhi (IN)
Assigned to Pentair, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Pentair, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/930,906.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/261,051, filed on Sep. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0074197 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. F04D 15/02 (2006.01); G01F 15/063 (2022.01); G01F 23/26 (2022.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01); H04Q 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC F04D 15/0218 (2013.01) [G01F 15/063 (2013.01); G01F 23/261 (2013.01); G08B 21/182 (2013.01); H04Q 9/00 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/40 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/86 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for remotely monitoring and controlling a sump pump, the system comprising:
a control system in electrical communication with the sump pump, the control system configured to regulate the sump pump based on a measured pressure value and a measured water level value;
a sensor chamber connected to the sump pump and in communication with the control system, the sensor chamber comprising:
a primary sensor designed to measure a current pressure value; and
a secondary sensor designed to measure a current water level value;
a wireless controller connected to the control system and configured to wirelessly receive monitoring instructions and wirelessly transmit sump pump status data;
a remote device in communication with the control system that can toggle an operating signal to the sump pump, wherein the operating signal is an “on” signal or an “off” signal, each of the “on” signal and the “off” signal associated with operating the sump pump in response to a water fill time exceeding a threshold value;
the wireless controller configured to transmit the sump pump status data to the remote device, wherein a user configures a water level set point value in the remote device; and
a notification system designed to generate and transmit an alert to the remote device when the measured water level value exceeds the water level set point value.