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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2021
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Vincent P. Caliendo, Dunlap, IL (US);
Cooper Melvin, Streator, IL (US);
Nathan Whitman, Eureka, IL (US);
Chelsea Ocampo, Waukegan, IL (US);
Jeffrey Ledford, Pontiac, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
An air cleaner for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The air cleaner may include a housing defining an interior and having a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The housing may include an air inlet configured to be fluidly coupled to an air intake of the internal combustion engine and an air outlet configured to be fluidly coupled to a compressor of the internal combustion engine. The housing may include a general cylindrical shaped section extending from the first end and an inverse taper section located distally from the generally cylindrical shaped section and extending towards the second end. A diameter of the inverse taper section may increase from a first end towards the second end.