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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2005
Cheryl L. Sellers, Peoria, IL (US);
Dong Fei, Peoria, IL (US);
Jill R. Akers, Morton, IL (US);
Bappaditya Banerjee, Peoria, IL (US);
Mark A. Gasper, Delavan, IL (US);
Daniel S. Nordyke, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Richard A. Crandell, Morton, IL (US);
Orlando Sellers, Ii, Peoria, IL (US);
Christie S. Ragle, Havana, IL (US);
Ronald Silver, Peoria, IL (US);
Julie M. Faas, Peoria, IL (US);
Paul W. Park, Peoria, IL (US);
Jeremy Trethewey, Dunlap, IL (US);
Cheryl L. Sellers, Peoria, IL (US);
Dong Fei, Peoria, IL (US);
Jill R. Akers, Morton, IL (US);
Bappaditya Banerjee, Peoria, IL (US);
Mark A. Gasper, Delavan, IL (US);
Daniel S. Nordyke, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Richard A. Crandell, Morton, IL (US);
Orlando Sellers, II, Peoria, IL (US);
Christie S. Ragle, Havana, IL (US);
Ronald Silver, Peoria, IL (US);
Julie M. Faas, Peoria, IL (US);
Paul W. Park, Peoria, IL (US);
Jeremy Trethewey, Dunlap, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
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.