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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2005
Applicants:
Nikhil D. Bhat, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Masato Yamada, Westbloomfield, MI (US);
Sameer A. Joshi, Norristown, PA (US);
Ananthakrishnan Surianarayanan, Lansdale, PA (US);
Inventors:
Nikhil D. Bhat, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Masato Yamada, Westbloomfield, MI (US);
Sameer A. Joshi, Norristown, PA (US);
Ananthakrishnan Surianarayanan, Lansdale, PA (US);
Assignee:
USUI International Corp., Plymouth, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 35/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An externally controlled fan drive includes a fluid clutch that alters torque delivered to a fan housing to rotate the fan housing at a target fan speed. An adaptive controller measures the actual fan speed and adaptively updates the control logic to compensate for variable physical characteristics of the fan device.