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 having a height of about 17 inches forming front and back walls, opposite end walls, and a top parallel to a floor, a low profile engine having a height of about 17 inches coupled to a generator set fixed in said enclosure, said engine having further defined as a liquid cooled internal combustion engine connected to said generator by a base plate, said base plate interconnected with said floor, said engine having at least one cylinder horizontally disposed and positioned parallel to said floor for turning said generator to produce electricity, whereby said auxiliary generator provides 120 VAC for use in said vehicle and said enclosure may be used as a foot step for ingress and egress to said vehicle.
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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 having a height of about 17 inches forming front and back walls, opposite end walls, and a top parallel to a floor, a low profile engine having a height of about 17 inches coupled to a generator set fixed in said enclosure, said engine having further defined as a liquid cooled internal combustion engine connected to said generator by a base plate, said base plate interconnected with said floor, said engine having at least one cylinder horizontally disposed and positioned parallel to said floor for turning said generator to produce electricity, whereby said auxiliary generator provides 120 VAC for use in said vehicle and said enclosure may be used as a foot step for ingress and egress to said vehicle.
- 13. An apparatus for securement of a low profile auxiliary generator to large vehicles having a frame, said apparatus functibning as an auxiliary engine/generator set enclosure when mounted on said frame, said enclosure comprising opposite interconnected vertical walls having a height of about 17 inches, said vertical walls forming front and back walls, opposite end walls, and a top parallel to the floor, said enclosure having a floor perpendicular to said vertical walls removably connected to said end walls, said engine/generator set fixed on said floor, said engine having at least one cylinder horizontally disposed and positioned parallel to said floor for turning said generator to produce electricity, whereby said auxiliary generator provides 120 VAC for use in said vehicle and said enclosure may be used as a foot step for ingress and egress to said vehicle.
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