BILGE PUMP SYSTEMS

• Main Authors: McFarland, Simon H, Witte, John, Bovill, Richard J, Peoples, Andrew, Deuel, Eric S
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 25.05.2022
• Subjects: BLASTING; HEATING; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT PUMPS; POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS; WEAPONS

A pump system (10) comprises a bilge pump (12) powered by an electric motor (14) and a controller (16) controlling the electric motor (14). The controller (16) is configured to determine if the pump system (10) is malfunctioning. In response to determining that the pump system (10) is malfunctioning, the controller (16) is configured to control the electric motor (14) according to a predetermined routine configured to rectify the malfunction. A pump system (100) comprises a first bilge pump (12) including a first electric motor (14) configured to power the first bilge pump (12) and a first controller (16) controlling the first electric motor (14) and a second bilge pump (102) including a second electric motor (105) configured to power the second bilge pump (102) and a second controller (104) controlling the second electric motor (105). The first and second controllers (16, 104) are in signal communication with one another.