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Caterpillar Inc.

Lucas Smith

Rodney Allen Lawrence

Walter H Bundy, Jr

Brandyn A Stack

Eric Ferguson

Joseph G Chambers

Ryan R Stoneman

Jarrett T Corcoran

Apparatuses, systems and methods are disclosed including internal combustion engine optionally including: a crankcase having a blow-by gas passing therethrough; a source of a boost air; a jacket containing a water; an oil separating apparatus in fluid communication with the boost air and the blow-by gas and having a coalescing filter to separate oil from the blow-by gas; and a heat exchanger in fluid communication with the boost air, wherein the heat exchanger is in fluid communication with the jacket to receive the water, wherein the water is passed in a heat transfer relationship with the boost air in the heat exchanger to achieve a desired temperature range for the boost air passing to the oil separating apparatus.

Internal combustion engine with ventilation system for a crankcase

Apparatuses, systems and methods are disclosed including apparatus for a ventilation system for supplying air to a crankcase of an internal combustion engine. The apparatus can optionally include a housing, an air filter, a lid and a pressure relief valve. The housing can form a cavity and having an inlet and an outlet therein. The inlet communicates with the cavity and is offset from a centerline axis of the housing. The air filter can be received by the cavity. An outer circumference of the air filter can be oriented at an angle that is substantially tangent to the inlet. The lid can be attachable to and removable from the housing for selectively accessing the air filter. The pressure relief valve coupled to the housing and in fluid communication with the cavity.

Positive pressure air cleaning apparatus for a crankcase ventilation system

Apparatuses, systems and methods are disclosed including an internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine can include an engine block defining a combustion chamber and a crankcase in fluid communication with the combustion chamber. The internal combustion engine can include an auxiliary device in fluid communication with the crankcase of the engine block. The auxiliary device is driven by the internal combustion engine to supply air to the crankcase of the engine block at a desired pressure range and a desired mass flow rate range to ventilate the crankcase.

Internal combustion engine with ventilation system for crankcase dilution

A customizable massage device, including a main body to be disposed on at least a portion of a body of a user, a pressure assembly disposed at a center of the main body to provide pressure to the body of the user in response to a rotation of the pressure assembly, and an adhesive surface circumferentially disposed on a perimeter of a top surface of the main body to connect to the body of the user, such that the adhesive surface prevents the main body falling off the body of the user.

Customizable massage device

A fire protection system that covers and protects a structure from fire and other hazards. The system, which is electronically actuated, comprises primarily poles located on opposite sides of the structure, and a flexible fire retardant cover stored on a reel. Cables attached to the flexible fire retardant cover pull it over the structure, when the system is actuated, to form a protective tent.

Fire protection system

A wind protection system for covering a structure. The system, which is electronically activated, comprises primarily a pair of extendable poles located on opposite sides of the structure, and a sheet of flexible netting stored on a reel. Cables attached to the netting pull it up and over the tops of the extended poles when the system is activated and when the poles are retracted, pull the netting down and over the structure to form a protective tent.

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Isle of Palms, SC, United States of America

Lucas Smith