Two Confined Fluids In Indirect Contact Patents (Class 55/282.4)
  • Patent number: 11549426
    Abstract: An agricultural harvester includes an IC engine, a grain tank, and a fluid cooling system for at least one component onboard the agricultural harvester. The fluid cooling system has a cooling package positioned between the IC engine and the grain tank. The cooling package includes a housing, and a plurality of cooling units arranged in a side-to-side manner within the housing, transverse to a fore-aft direction of the harvester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Lode A. Demonie, Frank R. G. Duquesne
  • Patent number: 11214138
    Abstract: Provided is a utility vehicle that can efficiently take the traveling wind into a vehicle and discharge muddy water and earth and sand that enter a passage for taking in the traveling wind to the outside of the vehicle. The utility vehicle includes an opening formed on the vehicle body, the opening through which a traveling wind can be taken into the vehicle body when the vehicle body travels, a radiator capable of cooling a coolant for cooling a driving source by exchanging heat with the traveling wind taken in from the opening, a passage that is provided between the opening and the radiator and guides the traveling wind taken in from the opening to the radiator, and a discharge mechanism that performs discharge operation to discharge foreign matter to outside when the foreign matter enters inside of the passage together with the traveling wind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshinobu Uozumi
  • Patent number: 11073346
    Abstract: A header for an agricultural harvester is disclosed. The header comprises a frame, a cooler assembly support by the frame for cooling a hydraulic system of the header, and a hydraulic system. The cooler assembly includes an air pre-cleaner for receiving air and outputting a flow of air, a rotary fan downstream the air pre-cleaner, and a heat exchanger downstream and in fluid communication with a first air output of the rotary fan. The rotary fan includes an air intake in fluid communication with the air pre-cleaner for receiving the flow of air, a first air output in fluid communication with the air intake, and a second air output in fluid communication with the air intake and spaced from the first air output. The hydraulic system is downstream the heat exchanger and receives an output flow of air from the cooler assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey C. Trowbridge
  • Patent number: 9326447
    Abstract: An air intake system supplies cooling air to at least one heat exchanger and includes a sieve through which the cooling air flows. The air intake system is equipped on the inlet side with a device for removing and shredding components of the cooling air adhering on the inlet-side surface of the sieve. The device is formed with a suction device and a cutting device. The cutting device is formed of comb-like elements on a surface of the sieve and on a surface section of the suction device facing the surface of the sieve. The comb-like elements disposed on the surface of the sieve are designed as knives disposed on support or knife strips oriented transversely thereto. These support or knife strips extend with separations therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Hovenga, Andreas Alterbaum, Bjoern Waten, Maik Prangemeier
  • Patent number: 9079129
    Abstract: A filter cartridge includes a substantially cylindrical filter media having a first end and a second end wherein the second end has an opening adaptable to receive a fluid outlet. The filter media is adapted to allow fluid to pass from an exterior of the filter media to an interior space of the filter media. A divider is positioned adjacent to the exterior of the filter media, and the divider has a closed end connected to the first end of the filter media and an open end that is longitudinally-spaced from the second end of the filter media such that at least a portion of the filter media located adjacent to the second end of the filter media is not directly adjacent to the divider. The divider extends a majority of the distance from the first end to the second end of the filter media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Davco Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Paul B. Smith, Kevin J. Rucinski, Alfred Tondreau, Ken Conti
  • Patent number: 8276650
    Abstract: A machine includes a heat exchanger for an engine having a heat exchanger core and a filtration system. The filtration system includes a flexible filter sheet coupled with at least one take-up roller and a filter cleaner adapted to clean the filter via compressed air. A method of operating a machine cooling system includes rotating a rotatable drive element coupled with a filter, and cleaning the filter by directing compressed air therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin L. Martin, James J. Callas, Michael J. Campagna
  • Patent number: 7147039
    Abstract: An air routing device for a motor vehicle air conditioning and/or heating system, comprising an air routing housing on which a blower is arranged, wherein the air routing device is formed separately from the air routing housing and can be pushed into the air routing housing through alternate housing orifices located opposite one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Behr France S.A.R.L.
    Inventor: Claude Schlachter