Auxiliary power generator

• US 6,677,684 B1
• Filed: 06/23/2000
• Issued: 01/13/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gino W. Kennedy
• Original Assignee: Gino W. Kennedy
• Inventors: Kennedy, Gino W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ramirez, Nestor
• Assistant Examiner(s): GONZALEZ, JULIO CESAR
• Application Number:
  US09/603,725
• Time in Patent Office: 1,299 Days
• Field of Search: 290/4.C, 290/1.A, 290/1.R, 123/2, 248/674, 248/200, 248/205.1, 248/226.11, 248/675, 248/677, 622/39, 622/43, 622/97, 622/36, 322/1, 180/65.4
• US Class Current: 290/4.00C
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/04 Arrangement of batteries
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 2075/027 four
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 3/06 with compression ignition compression ignition engines using air or gas for blowing fuel into compressed air in cylinder F02B13/02
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 63/04 for electric generators
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 75/007 having vertical crankshafts
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 7/1815 structurally associated with reciprocating piston engines general aspects of generating sets, e.g. housing, F02B63/04

Abstract

An engine/generator assembly having the generator secured to the bottom of an engine. The assembly includes an engine/generator mounting plate which operates as a base plate between the generator and engine or in an alternatively embodiment as an oil reservoir base mount. The adaptation of the engine/generator allowing a tractor trailer to abide by the recently implemented tractor trailer regulations that prevent idling of the truck engine for extended periods of time.

Claims

1. A generator set assembly for a semi-truck, said generator set assembly comprising:

an internal combustion engine;

an engine/generator mount having an engine side surface and a generator side surface, said engine side surface available for securing to the bottom of an engine in a horizontal orientation, said generator side surface available for securing a generator in an inverted horizontal orientation;

isolation mounts secured to said engine/generator mount; and

a cradle for operatively securing said assembly, said cradle having a vertical back plate connected to a horizontal bottom plate, said bottom plate provided with an aperture sized to accommodate said generator, said bottom plate attached to said isolation mounts wherein said engine includes an oil reservoir on said bottom of said engine, said oil reservoir located between said engine and said generator, said oil reservoir formed as said engine/generator mount with said isolation mounts secured thereto.

3. The generator set assembly according to claim 1 wherein said engine and said generator are rotatably connected together by a non-adjustable belt.

4. The generator set assembly according to claim 1 wherein said engine operates on diesel fuel with a horsepower displacement about 5 hp to about 20 hp operating within a range between 1800 and 3600 rpm.

5. The generator set assembly according to claim 1 wherein said generator produces between 2 KW and 10 KW electrical power.

2. A generator set assembly for a semi-truck, said generator set assembly comprising:

an internal combustion engine;

an engine/generator mount having an engine side surface and a generator side surface, said engine side surface available for securing to the bottom of an engine in a horizontal orientation, said generator side surface available for securing a generator in an inverted horizontal orientation;

isolation mounts secured to said engine/generator mount; and

a cradle for operatively securing said assembly, said cradle having a vertical back plate connected to a horizontal bottom plate, said bottom plate provided with an aperture sized to accommodate said generator, said bottom plate attached to said isolation mounts including a bracket means for securing said engine to said cradle wherein said isolation mounts are secured to said bracket means.

6. The generator set assembly according to claim 2 wherein said engine and said generator are rotatably coupled together by a synchronous belt driven by a sprocket secured to said engine and said generator.

7. The generator set assembly according to claim 2 wherein said engine operates on diesel fuel with a horsepower displacement about 5 hp to about 20 hp operating in a range about 2600 rpm to 2800 rpm.

8. The generator set assembly according to claim 2 wherein said generator produces between 2 and 10 kw electrical power.