Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Tadafumi Hirose

Takao Kobayashi

Makoto Uchimi

Masashi Kai

Masanori Shin

Ryuji Tsuru

Hitoshi Yuki

Ryosuke Shibata

Hiroko Murakami

Toshifumi Kouchi

Takayuki Aoki

Motohiro Shimizu

Masashi Nakamura

Shuhei Imai

Yoshio Tanaka

Taiyo Onodera

Takeshi Maeda

Kazumi Miyashita

Go Tanaka

Koichi Asai

Junji Hiranuma

Hiroki Iikura

Shigeo Terada

Hiroyuki Kitani

Yuji Shimada

Toshifumi Kochi

Shouhei Kasagi

Katsumi Maruyama

Toshifumi Kawachi

A lightweight and compact muffler device that can be installed in a limited space in an inside of a generator. A top cover and an undercover (end cover) provided on a top and a bottom of a vertically disposed casing are each formed in substantially trapezoidal shape. Thereby, an inner capacity of the casing can be secured to be large, as a result of which, a size of the muffler device can be made compact, and no extra component is required, so that reduction in manufacturing cost and reduction in weight can be achieved. Since the casing is disposed vertically, it is possible to install the casing even when an installation space is small in an inside of a housing of a generator, and it is possible to make the generator compact.

Muffler device

An engine generator movable on left and right wheels. The wheels are provided on a rear section of a bottom cover via an axle. A cylinder of an engine is disposed so as to incline upwards towards the direction of the axle. Inclining the cylinder lowers the center of gravity of the engine and disposes the axle positioned below the cylinder at a high position, thereby reducing the height of the engine generator. The orientation of the engine generator during travel is stabilized.

Engine generator

Engine cooling structure directs cooling air, introduced into a case by operation of a fan, to a cylinder block of an engine and then discharges the cooling air out of the case through an outlet port along meandering flow passages. Case cooling structure directs cooling along the inner surface of the case. Further cooling flow passage directs the air to vertically-oriented heat radiating fins so that the cooling air flows upward along the fins and then is discharged through the outlet port. Metal cooling-fan cover is supported by the lower cover via mounting members, and a resin-made cover guide is fastened to the engine together with supporting portions and interposed between the fan cover and the engine.

Engine-driven power generator apparatus

An engine generator having a high-rigidity rigid skeletal member. A bottom cover supports the engine/generator unit. A wall-shaped vertical frame is disposed transversely of the engine generator in a front section of the bottom cover and rising from the bottom cover front section. A T-shaped center frame extends between a rear section of the bottom cover and the vertical frame. The skeletal member includes the bottom cover, the vertical frame and the center frame.

An engine generator including an engine, a generator and an air cleaner inside a case is disclosed. A wall section of the case is dented in the internal direction of the case to provide a filter accommodation section with a space for accommodating a filter. The space has an opening that opens toward the exterior of the case. The filter accommodation section has an outside-air intake port. The opening is blocked by an air cleaner cover.

An engine-driven generator is provided that is formed by supporting an engine () and a generator () on a frame (), wherein the frame () is formed as an open periphery framework type, within this frame () a duct member () is disposed around the outer periphery of the engine () and the generator (), the duct member () defining a series of cooling air passages () between itself and the engine () and generator (), a cooling fan () is provided in the cooling air passage (), the cooling fan () being driven by the engine (), an intake box () having an intake opening () at an outer end thereof and housing an electrical component () is connected to the upstream end of the duct member (), and an exhaust box () having an exhaust opening () at an outer end thereof and housing an exhaust muffler () of the engine () is connected to the other end of the duct member (). A compact engine-driven generator that enables running noise to be reduced can thereby be provided.

Engine-driven generator

An engine-driven generator is formed by supporting on a frame an engine and a generator driven by the engine, wherein the frame is formed by integrally connecting via a cross member lower side sections of a pair of left and right side frames formed by bending a steel pipe into a U-shape, a control box housing and holding an electrical component is mounted on open end parts of the two side frames in order to reinforce the frame by connecting the open end parts to each other, and an assembly of the engine and generator is resiliently supported on the cross member.

An engine-driven work machine equipped with a moving handle is provided wherein the moving handle () is formed from a pair of left and right handle bars () having a handle grip () at the extremity, and a cross member () integrally connecting middle parts of the handle bars () to each other, and the two handle bars () are mounted in upper parts of left and right side frames () of a frame () so that the two handle bars () can pivot between a working position (A) in which the two handle bars () protrude from the frame () and a storage position (B) in which, with the handle grip () facing downward, the handle bars () in cooperation with the cross member () function as a bumper. When the moving handle is not used, it can be folded compactly, and equipment on the frame can thereby be protected from contact with another object by utilizing the handle.

Engine-driven work machine

A duct member is disposed around outer peripheries of an engine and an engine-driven generator to define a continuous cooling-air passage between the duct member and the outer peripheries. A cooling fan is disposed in the cooling-air passage to generate a flow of cooling air from one end of the cooling-air passage to the other end during operation of the engine. An intake box is connected to one end of the cooling-air passage and has an air-intake port. A muffler box is connected to the other end of the cooling-air passage, has an air-discharge port, and accommodates an exhaust muffler of the engine. A sound-insulating housing is connected between the intake box and the muffler box to surround the duct member in order to insulate sound emitted from the duct member.

An outboard motor is equipped with a centrifugal clutch located between the crankshaft of an engine and a rotor of an electric motor for, when the engine operates, transmitting its output to through the rotor to a propeller, and with a motor output transmission mechanism for, when the engine does not operate, transmitting the output of the motor to the crankshaft. The engine can therefore be started by the motor used to drive the propeller. As a result, there is no need to install a separate electric motor for engine starting, so that starting of the engine by electric power can be made possible with minimum increase in the size and cost of the outboard motor.

Outboard motor

In an engine operated machine, an engine and a generator formed integrally with each other are covered with a shroud and a fan cover to form a power-generating unit. A head cover of the engine is mounted to protrude from an upper surface of the shroud, and the head cover is resiliently supported on a carrying handle of a case with a rubber bushing positioned therebetween. When the carrying handle is lifted, the weight of the power-generating unit is supported directly by the carrying handle without being applied to the case. Therefore, it is unnecessary to specially reinforce the case, thereby enabling a reduction in weight, and also increasing the degree of freedom of the design such as the shape and material of the case. Thus, when the engine operated machine is transported using the carrying handle, the weight of the engine and the working device can be reliably supported.

Engine operated machine

A compact engine-operated generator unit has instruments in a soundproof case arranged efficiently from the viewpoint of measures for sound and heat abatement. Particularly, the engine-operated generator unit includes the engine and the generator driven by the engine arranged in a direction of a rotary shaft linking the engine and the generator and the soundproof case accommodates the engine, the generator and other components of the unit therein. An interior of the soundproof case is partitioned into front, center and rear compartments by plate-like front and rear frame members; a through hole is formed in the rear frame member; a duct is provided in the through hole swelling out toward the center compartment and the rear compartment; the generator, the engine and a muffler are accommodated in the duct; a fuel tank and suction system instruments are disposed outside of the duct within the center compartment; and electric instruments are disposed within the front compartment.

Engine-operated generator

A compact engine-operated generator unit in which only one centrifugal fan for cooling is provided to restrain generation and leakage of operation noise, while an engine and a generator are still cooled efficiently. Particularly, the engine-operated generator unit comprises an engine and a generator driven by the engine arranged in a direction of a rotary shaft, and soundproof case housing the engine, the generator and other components therein, the generator includes an outer-rotor; a centrifugal fan provided on an end surface the outer-rotor of the generator remote from the engine; a duct covering the centrifugal fan, the generator and the engine and having a suction opening at a side facing the centrifugal fan; a discharge operating on a downstream side of the duct facing an exterior of the soundproof case; and a circulation space provided between the generator and the engine for introducing a part of cooling air flowing toward the engine into the generator to circulate again back to the centrifugal fan.

A compact engine-operated generator unit having a high soundproof effect in which a generator thereof can be cooled efficiently as well as an engine and a muffler thereof. The engine-operated generator has an engine and a generator driven by the engine arranged in a row with a common rotary axis and accommodated in a soundproof case. The generator, the engine and the muffler are arranged in order within the soundproof case and covered by a duct to be isolated from other instruments in the soundproof case; the duct has an end on the side of the generator opening to an interior of the soundproof case and another end on the side of the muffler opening to an exterior of the soundproof case; and a cooling fan is driven by the engine so that air in the soundproof case is inhaled through end opening of the duct on the side of the generator into the duct, sequentially cools the generator, the engine and the muffler in order and then is discharged through the end opening of the duct on the side of the muffler to the exterior.

An outer-rotor type engine-operated generator is of low cost and simple construction, can be miniaturized and can leak electricity for ignition without sacrificing generator output. The engine-operated generator has a plurality of magnets arranged along an inner circumference of an outer cylindrical wall of an outer-rotor and a multipolar stator housed within the outer-rotor facing the magnets. An electricity generating section for an engine ignition device is disposed on an outside of and opposite to the outer cylindrical wall of the outer-rotor, and a through window, through which magnetic force of the magnets affects the electricity generating section, is formed in a part of the outer cylindrical wall.

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Tadafumi Hirose