Caterpillar Inc.

Bappaditya Banerjee

Ronald Graham Silver

Richard A Crandell

Dong Fei

Paul Park

Cheryl Lynn Sellers

Christie Susan Ragle

Jeremy Trethewey

Mark Alan Gasper

Julie Marie Faas

Orlando Sellers, Ii

Daniel S Nordyke

Jill R Akers

Roger A Wehage

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of detecting matter within a filtering device includes measuring a metric indicative of a first quantity of matter within the filtering device and removing a portion of the matter from the filtering device. The method also includes measuring a metric indicative of a second quantity of matter remaining within the filtering device.

Filter service system and method

The subject invention includes a track assembly for a mobile machine such as an earth-moving machine. The track assembly includes continuous track driven about a track frame. A drive wheel, an idler wheel and a number of carrier wheels are rotatably supported by the track frame and engage the track. An adjustment device is connected to the track wheel. The adjustment device adjusts a relative position of one of the track wheels to tension the track. A controller is connected to the adjustment device to control the adjustment of one of the track wheels. A sensor is disposed adjacent the track and connected to the controller. The sensor is adapted for sensing vibrational forces, or track noise, of the track and transmitting the parameters of the forces to the controller to automatically adjust the track.

Track adjustment assembly to reduce vibration

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Peoria, IL, United States of America

Bappaditya Banerjee