Patents by Inventor Steven P. Trower

Steven P. Trower has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20140166236
    Abstract: A heat exchanger with a first manifold and a second manifold. The heat exchanger includes tubes having first and second ends. The tubes connect to the first manifold at the first end and the second manifold at the second end establishing fluid communication between the manifolds. The tubes are arranged parallel and forming gaps between tubes. The heat exchanger includes fin matrices formed from fins that span the gaps and extend from the first end to the second end. At least two adjacent tubes define an expansion gap that accommodates thermal expansion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: Dongming Tan, Jianlong Xu, Sumeeth Sivanagere, Thomas G. Ausman, Steven P. Trower, Jiang Zheng
  • Publication number: 20130000998
    Abstract: A viscous fan drive for an engine cooling system has an output coupling defining a fluid operating chamber, an input coupling disposed in the fluid operating chamber, and a driveshaft coupled to the input coupling and defining a driveshaft axis. A main bearing has an inner race coupled to the driveshaft and an outer race coupled to the output coupling, the main bearing defining a bearing axis, wherein the bearing axis is normally substantially coincident with the driveshaft axis. A brace is disposed between the outer race of the main bearing and the output coupling. The engine cooling system may be provided on a machine having a rotatable frame that promotes precession of the output coupling, wherein the brace prevents movement of the main bearing along the driveshaft in response to the output coupling precession.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR, INC.
    Inventors: Steven P. Trower, William C. Morris, Sudhakar Lakshminarayanan, Rishabh Sinha, Dongming Tan