Pumping system with housing and user interface

US10240604B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc. · US
• DANFOSS POWER ELECTRONICS A/S · DK

Inventors

• Robert W. Stiles, Jr. · Cary, US
• Lars Hoffmann Berthelsen · Kolding, DK
• Ronald B. Robol · Sanford, US
• Christopher R. Yahnker · Raleigh, US
• Daniel J. Hruby · Sanford, US
• Kevin Murphy · Quartz Hill, US
• Einar Kjartan Runarsson · Dörpen, DE
• Arne Fink Hansen · Sweetgum Street, DK
• Florin Lungeanu · Beijing, CN
• Peter Westermann-Rasmussen · Skanderborg, DK

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 23, 2015
• Grant date: Mar 26, 2019
• Expiry date: Mar 23, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49817
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A pumping system for at least one aquatic application controlled by a user. The pumping system includes a pump and a motor disposed in a first housing and coupled to the pump. A user interface is associated with a second housing, the second housing defined by a base portion shaped to interact with the first housing and a user interface portion that carries a plurality of control buttons, wherein the second housing is selectively positionable among a plurality of positions relative to the first housing.