Title:
ENGINE GENERATOR
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2017141737
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently cool an engine and a generator in an engine generator equipped with the engine having a crankshaft arranged in a direction of a vertical axis.SOLUTION: An engine generator 10 includes an engine 12 having a crankshaft 12b arranged in a direction of a vertical axis, and a generator 14 disposed beneath the engine in the direction of the vertical axis and having a rotor 14a fastened to the crankshaft. The engine generator 10 further includes a cooling fan 16 arranged beneath the generator and connected to the crankshaft through the rotor 14a, an intake duct 20 arranged beneath the cooling fan 16 and having a plurality of fins 20b constituted by spiral curves extending upward while rotating around the vertical axis over the whole periphery of an inner wall surface 20a, and an exhaust duct 22 disposed in an upper side of the engine.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3
Inventors:
YAMADA MAKOTO
TAKAHASHI YUKI
YANAI KIYOMI
TAKAHASHI YUKI
YANAI KIYOMI
Application Number:
JP2016023760A
Publication Date:
August 17, 2017
Filing Date:
February 10, 2016
Export Citation:
Assignee:
HONDA MOTOR CO LTD
International Classes:
F02B63/04
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Foreign References:
| US20080093862A1 | 2008-04-24 | |||
| DE102007028185A1 | 2009-01-02 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yutaka Yoshida
Ryuichi Nishimura
Ryuichi Nishimura