US Patent Issued to Pentair Water Pool and Spa on Aug. 26 for "Water cooled pump and heat transfer system" (North Carolina, Georgia, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,733, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Pentair Water Pool and Spa Inc. (Cary, N.C.).

"Water cooled pump and heat transfer system" was invented by James Miller (Sanford, N.C.), Robert W. Stiles Jr. (San Marcos, Calif.), Thomas Safon (Holly Springs, N.C.), Ronald B. Robol (Savannah, Ga.) and Everett Cox (Sanford, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pump system for pumping water for pools or other flow systems including a pump, a motor, an electronic assembly, and a cooling system. The cooling system provides heat transfer from the pump system to the process flow. The cooling system includes a heat-pipe arrangement designed to transf...