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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2004
Joanna Louise Costura, Peoria, IL (US);
Matthew E. Williams, East Peoria, IL (US);
Matthew T. Kiser, Chillicothe, IL (US);
Cornelius N. Opris, Peoria, IL (US);
J. Josh Driscoll, Dunlap, IL (US);
Dave Michael Thaler, Mossville, IL (US);
Robert L. Meyer, Metamora, IL (US);
Joanna Louise Costura, Peoria, IL (US);
Matthew E. Williams, East Peoria, IL (US);
Matthew T. Kiser, Chillicothe, IL (US);
Cornelius N. Opris, Peoria, IL (US);
J. Josh Driscoll, Dunlap, IL (US);
Dave Michael Thaler, Mossville, IL (US);
Robert L. Meyer, Metamora, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A particulate trap has a housing with an inlet and an outlet. The particulate trap also has a plurality of fluidly isolated filters stacked within the housing, between the inlet and the outlet. The stacked plurality of filters have a stack direction and a transverse direction and the flow of exhaust is directed through the plurality of filters in the transverse direction. The particulate trap further has an actuator with a blocking portion configured for linear movement to selectively block exhaust flow through each of the plurality of filters.