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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2021
Donaldson Company, Inc., Bloomington, MN (US);
Jason P. Mcconnell, Minneapolis, MN (US);
John R.L. Numrich, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Nathan D. Neudecker, Minneapolis, MN (US);
David J. Burton, Bloomington, MN (US);
Anthonius Jan-Baptist Maria Moers, Holsbeek, BE;
Tim Billiau, Bierbeek, BE;
Kristof Decoster, Vilvoorde, BE;
Sergey Bondarenko, Brussels, BE;
Gwenole Stouthuysen, Glabbeek, BE;
Donaldson Company, Inc., Bloomington, MN (US);
Abstract
An air cleaner assembly for filtering intake air for a power plant can include a filter cartridge disposed within a housing of the air cleaner assembly, a precleaner assembly including at least one particle separator for separating particulates from an airflow stream and a scavenge port for discharging the separated particulates, the precleaner assembly being located upstream of the filter cartridge, a scavenge system for evacuating the separated particulates out of the scavenge port, the scavenge system including an electric motor coupled to an fan, an input sensor generating an input signal relating to a parameter associated with one or more of the precleaner assembly, the air cleaner assembly, a power plant receiving air from the air cleaner assembly, and a vehicle associated with the power plant, and a controller for operating the speed of the scavenge system based on the input signal from the input sensor.