Computer-controlled power takeoff driven motorized pump system
AssigneeLovis, LLC
InventorRustee Stubbs
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Abstract
A computer-controlled motorized pump system is provided. A generator is mechanically connected to a power takeoff. A first controller receives AC power from the generator and converts the AC power to DC power and provides DC power to a computing system that has one or more processors and one or more computer-readable hardware storage media and a user interface. A second controller is directly coupled to the first controller and provides AC power to a motor. The motor is mechanically connected to a pump, and the motor is in communication with, or controlled by, the computing system.
Claims18
A computer-controlled motorized pump system, comprising:
- a first controller configured to receive alternating current (AC) power from a generator, the generator configured to be couplable to a power takeoff (PTO), the first controller being operable to convert the AC power to direct current (DC) power and provide DC power to one or more auxiliary batteries, to one or more processors, and to a second controller;
- the second controller providing at least a portion of the DC power to one or more processors and inverting another portion of the DC power to AC power and configured to provide the AC power to an electric motor;
- the electric motor configured to be mechanically coupled to a gear pump or vacuum pump, the gear pump or vacuum pump coupled to a reservoir of a tank of a semi-truck for selectively loading or unloading the reservoir.
A computer-controlled motorized pump system implemented on a semi-truck for selectively loading and unloading a tank, comprising:
- a first controller configured to receive alternating current (AC) power from a generator on the semi-truck, the first controller coupled to one or more switches, the first controller:
- i. providing at least a portion of direct current (DC) power to an electronic control module (ECM) and at least one auxiliary battery, and
- ii. inverting another portion of the DC power to AC power and providing the AC power to one or more of:
- a. an electric motor, and
- b. semi-truck auxiliary systems;
- the ECM coupled to one or more sensors;
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- the electric motor configured to mechanically couple to a gear pump or vacuum pump, the gear pump or vacuum pump coupled to the tank of the semi-truck to selectively load or unload the tank;
- wherein the ECM sends signals, based upon a status of the one or more sensors, to the first controller, the first controller controlling the electric motor based upon a status of the one or more switches and the signals received from the ECM, and wherein the at least one auxiliary battery is configured to power the auxiliary systems of the semi-truck when the one or more sensors detect that a state of charge of the one or more auxiliary batteries exceeds a predetermined threshold value.
A method of using a computer-controlled motorized pump system to selectively load or unload a tank of a semi-truck, comprising:
- providing direct-current (DC) power from a power takeoff (PTO) connected generator to a first controller;
- providing at least a portion of the DC power from the first controller to at least one auxiliary battery and an electronic control module (ECM), the ECM communicating with one or more sensors and controlling an electric motor and either a gear pump or vacuum pump, via the first controller, based-upon signals received from the one or more sensors;
- inverting at least a portion of the DC power to provide alternating current (AC) power to the motor coupled to the gear pump or vacuum pump;
- selectively loading or unloading the tank of the semi-truck via the gear pump or vacuum pump;
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- distributing power from the at least one auxiliary battery to the motor, to auxiliary systems of the semi-truck, or to the generator based on predetermined parameters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.