Power box
First Claim
1. An integrated electrical and/or mechanical power generating unit, comprisinga lower housing portion sized for placement within a pickup truck bed, an upper housing portion attached to said lower housing portion and sized to extend over at least one wall of said pickup truck bed, an internal combustion engine within said lower housing generating electrical and/or mechanical power, and a fuel tank within the upper housing portion.
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Abstract
An integrated generator, compressor and welding power supply sized to fit within a pickup bed. The lower portion of the housing is sized to fit between the wheel wells of a pickup truck bed, while an upper housing portion is sized to extend over at least one bed wall. The position of the upper housing portions may be changed either vertically or horizontally to accommodate different makes or models of trucks. The lower housing portion includes feet extending downwardly therefrom, to suspend a bottom side of the lower housing above the floor of the truck bed, and thereby permit access to the bed floor beneath the unit. The lower portion contains an internal combustion engine for generating mechanical power, an alternator, and electrically driven compressors. Ducting and baffles facilitate air flow and cooling in this portion. A fuel tank and a control panel are positioned in the upper housing portions. Engine controls, connections for one-and three phase electrical power, air connections and pressure regulators, and an air storage tank purge valve, are all available on the outside of the unit at the control panel, for ready access.
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23 Claims
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1. An integrated electrical and/or mechanical power generating unit, comprising
a lower housing portion sized for placement within a pickup truck bed, an upper housing portion attached to said lower housing portion and sized to extend over at least one wall of said pickup truck bed, an internal combustion engine within said lower housing generating electrical and/or mechanical power, and a fuel tank within the upper housing portion.
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4. A portable compressed air generating unit, comprising
a housing, a compressor within said housing, an accumulator tank within said housing connected to said compressor for storing compressed air, having a purge orifice, a hose having a first end connected to said purge orifice, and a second end, a remote manual purge valve connected to a second end of said hose, and delivering purged liquid outside of said housing.
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8. An integrated electrical and/or mechanical power generating unit, comprising
a lower housing portion sized for placement within a full size pickup truck bed and having a longest dimension less than the distance between wheel wells of said pickup truck bed, an upper housing portion attached to said lower housing portion and sized to extend over at least one wall of said pickup truck bed, an internal combustion engine within said lower housing generating electrical and/or mechanical power.
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11. An integrated electrical and/or mechanical power generating unit, comprising
a lower housing portion sized for placement within a pickup truck bed, an upper housing portion attached to said lower housing portion and sized to extend over at least one wall of said pickup truck bed, said upper housing portion being adjustably mounted to said lower housing portion, permitting a position of said upper housing portion relative to said lower housing portion to be changed either vertically or horizontally.
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12. An integrated electrical and/or mechanical power generating unit, comprising
a lower housing portion sized for placement within a pickup truck bed, an upper housing portion attached to said lower housing portion and sized to extend over at least one wall of said pickup truck bed, said lower housing portion comprising feet extending downwardly therefrom, to support said lower housing portion on a floor of said pickup truck bed and suspend a bottom side of said lower housing portion above said floor.
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15. An integrated electrical and/or mechanical power generating unit, comprising
a housing sized for placement within the bed of a pickup truck, an air-cooled internal combustion engine having internal air flow passages, an air cooled power converting unit coupled to receive power generated by the engine and having internal air passages, ducting within said housing to deliver cooling air to or from the internal air flow passages of the engine from or to an area outside of the housing, ducting within said housing to deliver cooling air to or from the internal air flow passages of the power converting unit from or to an area outside of the housing.
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19. An integrated electrical power generating unit, comprising
a housing sized for placement within the bed of a pickup truck, a generator within said housing generating three-phase alternating current electrical power for use by a welding power supply, a welding power supply connectable to said generator, a closet space within said housing for removably receiving said welding power supply such that the welding power supply can be used for welding when positioned within said closet space, and when positioned remotely of said unit.
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20. An integrated power unit for use with a vehicle pickup truck having a truck bed with opposed sidewalls, the integrated power unit comprising:
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a housing adapted to be placed in the truck bed between the opposed sidewalls;
an electrical power generating unit disposed within the housing;
an electrically powered compressor disposed in the housing and electrically connected to the electrical power generating unit;
a first air flow path within the housing for receiving first cooling air from a first location outside the housing and directing the first cooling air past the electrical power generating unit to outside the housing; and
a separate air flow path within the housing for receiving separate cooling air from a different location outside the housing and directing the separate cooling air past the electrically powered compressor to outside the housing. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
an engine disposed within the housing; and
an alternator disposed within the housing and mechanically connected to the engine.
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22. The integrated power unit of claim 20 further comprising a plurality of electrically powered compressors.
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23. The integrated power unit of claim 22 wherein the second air flow path further comprises a plurality of separate air flow paths within the housing for receiving the separate cooling air from outside the housing and directing the separate cooling air via each of the plurality of separate air flow paths past a respective one of the plurality of electrically powered compressors to a location outside the housing.
Specification
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Current AssigneeJoseph L. Colella, Senco Brands Incorporated (Kyocera Corporation)
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Original AssigneeSenco Products Incorporated (Kyocera Corporation)
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InventorsSchmidt, Robert J., Remerowski, David L., Rieckers, Roger Lee, Brofft, Roger W., Cooper, William Roland
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Primary Examiner(s)Elve, M. Alexandra
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Assistant Examiner(s)MCHENRY, KEVIN L
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Application NumberUS09/849,753Publication NumberTime in Patent Office970 DaysField of Search219/133, 219/134, 290/1.A, 290/1.R, 137/899.4US Class Current219/134CPC Class CodesB23K 9/1006 Power supplyF02B 2075/1808 twoF02B 63/04 for electric generators
