ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,338, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Cornell Pump Co. LLC (Clackamas, Ore.).

"Self-recharging stand-alone monitoring system" was invented by Colin O'Callaghan (Portland, Ore.), Adam Lindeman (Oregon City, Ore.), Erick Johnson (Gresham, Ore.) and William James Warren (Boring, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for monitoring pump equipment may include a pump monitoring device comprising sensor devices configured to monitor the pump equipment, a controller configured to configure the sensor devices and collect sensor data from the sensor devices, and a wireless transceiver configured to communicate with a cellular base sta...