ACCESSIBLE CLUTCH ATTACHMENT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20220099015A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-31

    申请号:US17447624

    申请日:2021-09-14

    申请人: Horton, Inc.

    IPC分类号: F01P7/08 F01P5/04 F16D13/58

    摘要: A clutch assembly includes a journal bracket having a center shaft, a drive feature rotatably supported on the center shaft of the journal bracket and configured to accept a torque input to the clutch assembly, a clutch pack that is controllable to selectively transmit torque between an input and an output, a housing attached to the clutch pack that includes a stub shaft, a removable connection engaged between the drive feature and the stub shaft such that torque is transmittable through the removable connection during operation of the clutch assembly, and one or more perpendicular engagement features on the stub shaft configured to accept a tool to engage and disengage the removable connection. At least one of the perpendicular engagement features is exposed to line-of-sight access from a location substantially perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the clutch pack.

    Heat exchanger blower method
    4.
    发明授权
    Heat exchanger blower method 有权
    换热器风机方式

    公开(公告)号:US09568260B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-14

    申请号:US14533775

    申请日:2014-11-05

    申请人: Horton, Inc.

    摘要: A cleaning system for use with a heat exchanger and a fluid pressurizing assembly includes a wand assembly, a pivot assembly, and a movement mechanism having a body and a piston rod moveable relative the body in response to fluid pressurization. The wand assembly includes a wand in fluid communication with the fluid pressurizing assembly, and having a first orifice configured to eject fluid toward the heat exchanger. The wand is supported by the pivot assembly such that the wand is selectively pivotable about a first pivot axis. The movement mechanism connects to the pivot assembly at a second pivot axis offset from the first pivot axis such that selective movement of the piston rod produces pivotal movement of the wand about the pivot axis.

    摘要翻译: 一种与热交换器和流体加压组件一起使用的清洁系统包括棒组件,枢轴组件和运动机构,其具有主体和活塞杆,所述主体和活塞杆可响应于流体加压而相对于主体移动。 所述棒组件包括与所述流体加压组件流体连通的魔杖,并且具有构造成朝向所述热交换器喷射流体的第一孔。 该杆由枢轴组件支撑,使得该杆可围绕第一枢转轴线选择性地枢转。 移动机构在与第一枢转轴线偏移的第二枢转轴线处连接到枢转组件,使得活塞杆的选择性运动产生棒绕枢转轴线的枢转运动。

    Accessible clutch attachment assembly and method

    公开(公告)号:US11459933B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-04

    申请号:US17447624

    申请日:2021-09-14

    申请人: Horton, Inc.

    摘要: A clutch assembly includes a journal bracket having a center shaft, a drive feature rotatably supported on the center shaft of the journal bracket and configured to accept a torque input to the clutch assembly, a clutch pack that is controllable to selectively transmit torque between an input and an output, a housing attached to the clutch pack that includes a stub shaft, a removable connection engaged between the drive feature and the stub shaft such that torque is transmittable through the removable connection during operation of the clutch assembly, and one or more perpendicular engagement features on the stub shaft configured to accept a tool to engage and disengage the removable connection. At least one of the perpendicular engagement features is exposed to line-of-sight access from a location substantially perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the clutch pack.

    Viscous Clutch and Method of Operation
    6.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190107158A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-11

    申请号:US16216414

    申请日:2018-12-11

    申请人: Horton, Inc.

    IPC分类号: F16D35/02 F16D35/00

    摘要: A viscous clutch includes a shaft, a rotor disk, a housing having a base, a working chamber, a reservoir fluidically connected to the working chamber, a valve, an electromagnetic coil, and a flux guide that passes through the housing. The rotor disk includes a conductive portion made of a magnetic flux conductive material that forms a hub of the rotor disk that contacts the shaft and another portion. The base includes a hub with an axially-extending ring, and an armature of the valve is located radially outward of the axially-extending ring. The electromagnetic coil is located at an opposite side of the rotor disk from the reservoir. A magnetic flux circuit extends from the electromagnetic coil to the flux guide, then to the armature of the valve, then to the conductive portion of the rotor disk, then to the shaft, and then back to the electromagnetic coil.

    HEAT EXCHANGER BLOWER SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD
    8.
    发明申请
    HEAT EXCHANGER BLOWER SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD 有权
    热交换器系统及相关方法

    公开(公告)号:US20150153122A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-06-04

    申请号:US14533775

    申请日:2014-11-05

    申请人: Horton, Inc.

    IPC分类号: F28G3/16 F01P11/06

    摘要: A cleaning system for use with a heat exchanger and a fluid pressurizing assembly includes a wand assembly, a pivot assembly, and a movement mechanism having a body and a piston rod moveable relative the body in response to fluid pressurization. The wand assembly includes a wand in fluid communication with the fluid pressurizing assembly, and having a first orifice configured to eject fluid toward the heat exchanger. The wand is supported by the pivot assembly such that the wand is selectively pivotable about a first pivot axis. The movement mechanism connects to the pivot assembly at a second pivot axis offset from the first pivot axis such that selective movement of the piston rod produces pivotal movement of the wand about the pivot axis.

    摘要翻译: 一种与热交换器和流体加压组件一起使用的清洁系统包括杆组件,枢轴组件和运动机构,其具有主体和活塞杆,所述主体和活塞杆可响应于流体加压而相对于主体移动。 所述棒组件包括与所述流体加压组件流体连通的魔杖,并且具有构造成朝向所述热交换器喷射流体的第一孔。 该杆由枢轴组件支撑,使得该杆可围绕第一枢转轴线选择性地枢转。 移动机构在与第一枢转轴线偏移的第二枢转轴线处连接到枢转组件,使得活塞杆的选择性运动产生棒绕枢转轴线的枢转运动。

    Pump and wiper assembly, associated viscous clutch and associated method

    公开(公告)号:US11441621B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-13

    申请号:US17310058

    申请日:2019-12-18

    申请人: Horton, Inc.

    发明人: David R. Hennessy

    IPC分类号: F16D35/02

    摘要: A viscous clutch includes an input member rotatable about an axis of rotation, an output member selectively rotatable about the axis of rotation, a working chamber bounded by the input member and the output member, a reservoir, a release bore that fluidically connects the reservoir to the working chamber, a leading wiper that extends into the working chamber, a leading pump bore positioned adjacent to the leading wiper that fluidically connects the working chamber to the reservoir, a trailing wiper that extends into the working chamber, and a trailing pump bore positioned adjacent to the trailing wiper and downstream of the leading pump bore that fluidically connects the working chamber to the reservoir. The trailing wiper has a width that is greater than a width of the leading wiper.

    Viscous clutch and method of operation

    公开(公告)号:US10941819B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-09

    申请号:US16216414

    申请日:2018-12-11

    申请人: Horton, Inc.

    摘要: A viscous clutch includes a shaft, a rotor disk, a housing having a base, a working chamber, a reservoir fluidically connected to the working chamber, a valve, an electromagnetic coil, and a flux guide that passes through the housing. The rotor disk includes a conductive portion made of a magnetic flux conductive material that forms a hub of the rotor disk that contacts the shaft and another portion. The base includes a hub with an axially-extending ring, and an armature of the valve is located radially outward of the axially-extending ring. The electromagnetic coil is located at an opposite side of the rotor disk from the reservoir. A magnetic flux circuit extends from the electromagnetic coil to the flux guide, then to the armature of the valve, then to the conductive portion of the rotor disk, then to the shaft, and then back to the electromagnetic coil.