US Patent Issued to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND on May 20 for "Motor driven pump with prognostic health monitoring based on motor characteristics" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,636, issued on May 20, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Motor driven pump with prognostic health monitoring based on motor characteristics" was invented by Edward W. Goy (Crystal Lake, Ill.), John M. Kassel (Huntley, Ill.) and Mark W. Shoemaker (Pecatonica, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flow system includes a pump, a motor connected to the pump that drives the pump and draws electrical energy and a sensor that measures the electrical energy drawn by the motor. The system also includes a control module for the flow system. The control module configured to perform a control module method that includ...