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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2012
Sage Frederick Smith, Apex, NC (US);
Brian Franklin Taggart, Angier, NC (US);
Xuekui Lan, Champaign, IL (US);
Weixue Tian, Urbana, IL (US);
Sage Frederick Smith, Apex, NC (US);
Brian Franklin Taggart, Angier, NC (US);
Xuekui Lan, Champaign, IL (US);
Weixue Tian, Urbana, IL (US);
Caterpillar SARL, Geneva, CH;
Abstract
A tank for a hydraulic fluid has a housing with opposed end walls and side walls defining an interior chamber. A primary baffle is disposed inside the housing and divides the interior chamber into an inlet chamber and an outlet chamber, with a primary gap between the primary baffle and the housing fluidly communicating between the inlet chamber and the outlet chamber. The primary baffle further defines a contact surface facing the inlet chamber and has first and second weirs which extend into the inlet chamber. A first fluid inlet fluidly communicates with the inlet chamber and is oriented along a first inlet axis that intersects the contact surface, while a fluid outlet communicates with the outlet chamber. The tank produces an interior flow that mixes and deaerates the fluid as it travels from the first fluid inlet to the fluid outlet.