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Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Yasuo Sugimoto

Haruo Nakamura

Norio Komura

Pierre J Verlinden

Akira Terao

Junichi Ohmura

Yoshio Tanaka

Nobuo Haga

Taro Fukuda

Kiyotomi Maesaka

Satoshi Matsuzawa

Nobuo Onodera

An engine generator including a soundproofing case that houses an engine and a generator therein. The engine includes an engine-side cooling fan and an engine-side inlet. The generator includes a generator-side cooling fan and a generator-side inlet. The engine generator further includes an engine-side partition and a generator-side partition fixedly disposed within the soundproofing case to define a chamber to be cooled that houses sections of the engine and the generator that are to be cooled, an engine-side air intake chamber that the engine-side inlet faces, and a generator-side air intake chamber that the generator-side inlet faces. The soundproofing case includes a cover part whose inside face is in intimate contact with the outer peripheries of the engine-side and generator-side partitions and has an exhaust vent in a part corresponding to the chamber to be cooled.

Engine generator

A method of fabricating a back surface point contact silicon solar cell having p-doped regions and n-doped regions on the same side by forming a passivating layer on a surface of the cell having opened windows at the p-doped regions and the n-doped regions, by depositing and patterning a first metal layer comprising aluminum on the passivating layer in such a way that the first metal layer comes into contact with the p-doped regions and the n-doped regions, by depositing an insulator layer of inorganic material on the first metal layer, by etching and patterning the insulator layer in such a way that the insulator layer has opened windows at, at least one of the p-doped regions and the n-doped regions, and by depositing a second three-layer metal stack comprising materials other than aluminum, on the insulator layer of polyimide in such a way that the second three-layer metal stack comes into contact with the one of the p-doped regions and the n-doped regions. With this, the cell surface to be soldered onto a metallized substrate is well planarized and even to ensure sufficient conductibility, with less voids and less solder fatigue.

Method of fabricating a silicon solar cell

A method of fabricating a back surface point contact silicon solar cell having p-doped regions and n-doped regions on the same side by forming a passivating layer on a surface of the cell having opened windows at the p-doped regions and the n-doped regions, by depositing and patterning a first metal layer on the passivating layer in such a way that the first metal layer comes into contact with the p-doped regions and the n-doped regions, by depositing an insulator layer of polyimide on the first metal layer, by etching and patterning the insulator layer of polyimide in such a way that the insulator layer has opened windows at, at least one of the p-doped regions and the n-doped regions, by curing the insulator layer of polyimide by heating at temperature for a period, by additionally curing the insulator layer of polyimide by heating at a second temperature, which is higher than the first temperature, and by depositing a second metal layer made of metal stack on the insulator layer of polyimide in such a way that the second metal layer comes into contact with the one of the p-doped regions and the n-doped regions. With this, the cell surface to be soldered onto a metallized substrate is well planarized and even to ensure sufficient conductibility, with less voids and less solder fatigue.

A method of fabricating a back surface point contact silicon solar cell having p-doped regions and n-doped regions on the same side by forming a passivating layer on a surface of the cell having opened windows at the p-doped regions and the n-doped regions, b depositing and patterning a first metal layer on the passivating layer in such a way that the first metal layer comes into contact with the p-doped regions and the n-doped regions, by depositing a first insulator layer of polyimide on the first metal layer, by etching and patterning the first insulator layer of polyimide in such a way that the insulator layer has opened windows at, at least one of the p-doped regions and the n-doped regions, by depositing a second insulator layer of polyimide on the first insulator layer of polyimide, by etching and patterning the second insulator layer of polyimide in such a way that the insulator layer has opened windows at, at least one of the p-doped regions and the n-doped regions, by curing the first insulator layer of polyimide by heating at a predetermined second temperature for a predetermined second time, and by depositing a second metal layer on the second insulator layer of polyimide in such a way that the second metal layer comes into contact with the one of the p-doped regions and the n-doped regions. With this, the cell surface to be soldered onto a metallized substrate is well planarized and even to ensure sufficient conductibility, with less voids and less solder fatigue.

A method of fabricating a back surface point contact silicon solar cell having p-doped regions and n-doped regions on the same side by forming a passivating layer on a surface of the cell having opened windows at the p-doped regions and the n-doped regions, by depositing and patterning a first metal layer on the passivating layer in such a way that the first metal layer comes into contact with the p-doped regions and the n-doped regions, by depositing a first insulator layer of inorganic material on the first metal layer, by etching and patterning the first insulator layer in such a way that the insulator layer has opened windows at, at least one of the p-doped regions and the n-doped regions, by depositing a second insulator layer of organic material on the first insulator layer, by etching and patterning the second insulator layer in such a way that the insulator layer has opened windows at the one of the p-doped regions and the n-doped regions, by curing the second insulator layer by heating at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined time, and depositing a second metal layer on the second insulator layer of organic material in such a way that the second metal layer comes into contact with the one of the p-doped regions and the n-doped regions. With this, the cell surface to be soldered onto a metallized substrate is well planarized and even to ensure sufficient conductibility, with less voids and less solder fatigue.

A load retainer assembly includes a pair of lower and upper plates pivotably mounted on a main shaft, and an inverting mechanism provided between the lower and upper plates that, as the lower plate is driven to pivot, causes the upper plate to pivot in the opposite direction to the pivoting direction of the lower plate. The load retainer assembly further includes a first retaining member for interconnecting distal end portions of a pair of links pivotably connected to one end of the lower plate and one end of the upper plate, respectively, and a second retaining member for interconnecting distal end portions of another pair of links pivotably connected to the other end of the lower plate and the other end of the upper plate, respectively. A suction pad is attached to each of the retaining members to retain a load by suction. The first and second retaining members are movable toward and away from each other by causing the upper plate to pivot in the opposite direction to the pivoting direction of the lower plate, and with this arrangement the load retainer assembly can be moved between folded and unfolded positions.

Load retainer assembly and retaining apparatus

An elevating apparatus for a working vehicle includes separate front lifting and rear lifting mechanisms that can be elevated by hydraulic cylinders, a feedback rod arranged between a link arm of one of the lifting mechanisms and a hydraulic pressure control apparatus for controlling the hydraulic cylinders. A change-over lever selects the front lifting mechanism or the rear lifting mechanism, and an elevating lever controls elevation of the lifting mechanisms. When one of the lifting mechanisms is selected and elevated by operation of the change-over lever, the elevating lever is operated normally without causing abutment between an adjuster member attached to the feedback rod that is interactive with the elevating lever, and an interactive member of the elevating lever. A return mechanism between the change-over lever and the elevating lever enables the elevating lever to be returned to the neutral position when selecting one of the front and rear lifting mechanisms. By suitably changing the attached position of a feedback rod with respect to a hydraulic pressure control apparatus, a change-over lever can be attached dismountably to the hydraulic pressure control apparatus, and only one of the hydraulic cylinders can be operated, or both the hydraulic cylinders can be operated alternatively.

Elevating apparatus for a working apparatus

A portable engine-generator set is provide, which includes a soundproof cover defining an internal space for housing the components of the engine-generator set. The internal space comprises an intake compartment, a heat source compartment and an exhaust compartment. The heat source compartment comprises first and second sub-compartments which form independent cooling wind passages, each of the sub-compartments having an intake port in communication with the intake compartment. The exhaust compartment has an exhaust port in communication with the atmosphere, and intake ports in communication with the first and second sub-compartments such that air flow from the first and second sub-compartments are combined in the exhaust compartment. The engine and muffler of the engine are positioned in the second sub-compartment and the exhaust gas from the muffler flows into the exhaust compartment and is combined with the flow from the first and second sub-compartments, thereby rapidly cooling the exhaust gas and reducing the noise therefrom. The exhaust compartment includes sound absorbing material on the walls thereof to form a silencer box.

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Wako, Japan

Yasuo Sugimoto