Patents Assigned to Pentair Inc.
  • METHOD FOR STARTING A SINGLE-PHASE INDUCTION MOTOR
    Publication number: 20120025748
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method (19) for starting an electric single-phase induction motor (1), wherein during a start-up interval of the start-up cycle for starting said electric motor (1), the frequency (fref) of the electric current for driving said electric motor (1) is set to a first frequency (fstart), and later to the operating frequency (frun) of the electric motor (1), wherein the first frequency (fstart) is higher than the operating frequency (frun).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicants: Pentair Inc., Danfoss Customised Power Electronics A/S
    Inventors: Torben Damsgaard, Robert Ehmsen, Florin Lungeanu, Rasmus Fink, Lars Berthelsen, Melissa Drechsel Kidd, William James Genaw, Micheal Robert Pasche, Gary Thomas Baase, II
  • Water bubbler water feature
    Patent number: D690389
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Pentair, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Doyle, Bruce Johnson, Keith Schulte