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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2015
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Scott F. Shafer, Morton, IL (US);
David E. Hackett, Washington, IL (US);
Steven Y. Tian, Bloomington, IL (US);
Martin Lehman, Congerville, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A fluid conditioning system includes a first filter mount having a first filter inlet port and a first filter outlet port, a first motor, a first pump operatively coupled to the first motor, a second filter mount having a second filter inlet port, a second pump, and a controller operatively coupled to the first motor. The controller is configured to operate the first pump at a flowrate that is higher than a flowrate of the second pump. An outlet of the first pump is fluidly coupled to the first filter inlet port via a first filter inlet conduit, and an inlet of the first pump is fluidly coupled the first filter outlet port via a first filter outlet conduit. An inlet of the second pump is fluidly coupled to the first filter outlet port via the first filter outlet conduit.