Compact auxiliary power generator
First Claim
1. An apparatus for securement of a low profile auxiliary generator to large vehicles, said large vehicle having a frame, said apparatus comprising an enclosure having interconnected opposite vertical walls, said vertical walls forming front and back walls, opposite end walls, and a top parallel to a floor, an integral engine/generator set fixed in said enclosure, said engine/generator set having a liquid cooled internal combustion engine connected to an electrical generator by a base plate, said base plate interconnected with said enclosure, said engine having at least one cylinder disposed parallel to said floor for turning said generator to produce electricity.
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Abstract
A low profile engine/generator set has dimensions suitable for being placed in an enclosure hung on the frame of a vehicle. The enclosure may serve as a step for ingress and egress from the vehicle. To reduce the space required for a generator and engine to fit within such an enclosure, the components are rigidly coupled together with a base plate. The base plate serves as the floor of the enclosure.
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- 1. An apparatus for securement of a low profile auxiliary generator to large vehicles, said large vehicle having a frame, said apparatus comprising an enclosure having interconnected opposite vertical walls, said vertical walls forming front and back walls, opposite end walls, and a top parallel to a floor, an integral engine/generator set fixed in said enclosure, said engine/generator set having a liquid cooled internal combustion engine connected to an electrical generator by a base plate, said base plate interconnected with said enclosure, said engine having at least one cylinder disposed parallel to said floor for turning said generator to produce electricity.
- 13. An apparatus for securement of a low profile auxiliary generator to large vehicles having a frame, said apparatus functioning as an auxiliary engine/generator set enclosure when mounted on said frame, said enclosure comprising opposite interconnected vertical walls, said vertical walls forming front and back walls, opposite end walls, and a top parallel to the floor, said enclosure having a floor parallel to said frame removably connected to said end walls, said engine/generator set fixed on said floor, said engine having at least one cylinder disposed parallel to said floor for turning said generator to produce electricity.
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