ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,974, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to ZOELLER PUMP COMPANY LLC (Louisville, Ky.).
"Capacitive fluid detection system for a pump" was invented by Yao-Yu Fang (Keelung, Taiwan), Yu-Hung Yeh (New Taipei, Taiwan), Tzyy-Yang Tzeng (New Taipei, Taiwan), Fu-Sheng Kao (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Thomas Ming-Hui Chiu (Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are a pump and a method for controlling the pump for detecting a fluid around the pump based on a value detected by a capacitive sensor. The pump may include a motor housing accommodating a motor configured to drive an impeller to discharge fluid. The pump may include...