Universal Mount For A Variable Speed Pump Drive User Interface

• US 20110280744A1
• Filed: 02/24/2011
• Published: 11/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hayward Industries, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Hayward Industries, Inc.
• Inventors: Parcell, Jason W., ORTIZ, Gary, Clark, Dwayne Emory
• Granted Patent: US 10,030,647 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 417/313
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 17/03 driven by electric motors
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 39/14 Provisions for readily assembling or disassembling
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 49/065 and making use of computers
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 49/20 by changing the driving speed
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 53/16 Casings; Cylinders; Cylinder liners or heads; Fluid connections
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 53/22 Arrangements for enabling ready assembly or disassembly
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 13/0686 Mechanical details of the pump control unit pump control F04D15/00
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 13/0693 Details or arrangements of the wiring
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 15/0066 by changing the speed, e.g. of the driving engine
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 25/068 Mechanical details of the pump control unit pump control details F04D27/00
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 25/0693 Details or arrangements of the wiring
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a user interface that can be universally mounted to a combination variable speed pump and a drive assembly therefor. The user interface is universally configured to be selectively mounted to the drive assembly and/or to an environmental surface that is remotely located from the drive assembly. The user interface is universally configured to be selectively mounted to the drive assembly in any one of a plurality of available positions relative thereto.

Claims

1. A variable speed pumping system comprising:

a pumping assembly including at least a pump, a motor, and a drive assembly;

said pumping assembly having a mount; and

a user interface selectively positionable among a plurality of positions with respect to said mount.

2. The variable speed pumping system of claim 1, wherein said drive assembly includes said mount.

3. The variable speed pumping system of claim 2, wherein said mount is an exterior surface of said drive assembly.

4. The variable speed pumping system of claim 1, wherein said user interface is located remotely from said pumping assembly, and said user interface is in communication with said pumping assembly.

5. The variable speed pumping system of claim 1, wherein said mount has a center point and a plurality of apertures, said center point positioned generally equidistant from each of said plurality of apertures.

6. The variable speed pumping system of claim 5, wherein said plurality of apertures include adjacent pairs of apertures, one of said adjacent pair of said plurality of apertures is positioned generally equidistant from another of said adjacent pair of said plurality of apertures.

7. The variable speed pumping system of claim 6, wherein said user interface has a center point and a plurality of apertures, said center point positioned generally equidistant from each of said plurality of apertures.

8. The variable speed pumping system of claim 7, wherein said plurality of apertures of said mount is aligned with said plurality of apertures of said user interface when said user interface is vertically aligned with said mount.

9. The variable speed pumping system of claim 1, wherein said plurality of positions includes a first position, a second position, a third position, and a fourth position, said user interface selectively positionable between said first position, said second position, said third position, and said fourth position.

10. A method for selectively positioning a user interface relative to a pumping assembly including at least a pump, a motor, and a drive assembly, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) mounting the user interface to the pumping assembly in a first position; and

(b) moving the user interface to a second position with respect to the pumping assembly, the second position being different from the first position.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising the step of removing the user interface from the pumping assembly.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising the step of moving the user interface to a third position with respect to the pumping assembly.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the step of moving the user interface to a second position with respect to the pumping assembly comprises rotating the user interface to a second position with respect to the pumping assembly.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the step of moving the user interface to a second position with respect to the pumping assembly comprises removing the user interface from the pumping assembly, and mounting the user interface at a remote location relative to the pumping assembly.

15. A variable speed pumping assembly comprising:

a pump;

a variable speed motor in communication with said pump;

a drive assembly sized to control said variable speed motor; and

a user interface selectively positionable among a plurality of positions with respect to one of said pump, said variable speed motor, and said drive assembly.

16. The variable speed pumping assembly of claim 15, wherein said user interface is selectively positionable among a plurality of positions on said drive assembly.

17. The variable speed pumping assembly of claim 15, wherein said user interface is located remotely from said drive assembly, and said user interface is in communication with said drive assembly.

18. The variable speed pumping assembly of claim 17, wherein said drive assembly has a center point and a plurality of apertures, said center point positioned generally equidistant from each of said plurality of apertures.

19. The variable speed pumping assembly of claim 18, wherein said plurality of apertures include adjacent pairs of apertures, one of said adjacent pair of said plurality of apertures is positioned generally equidistant from another of said adjacent pair of said plurality of apertures.

20. The variable speed pumping assembly of claim 19, wherein said user interface has a center point and a plurality of apertures, said center point positioned generally equidistant from each of said plurality of apertures.