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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2018
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Minoru Maedako, Wako, JP;
Tetsuya Matsuhisa, Wako, JP;
Kenji Shibata, Wako, JP;
Wataru Matsuyama, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/155 (2006.01); H02P 9/04 (2006.01); H02M 7/493 (2007.01); H02M 5/458 (2006.01); H02P 9/48 (2006.01); H02P 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 9/04 (2013.01); H02M 3/155 (2013.01); H02M 5/458 (2013.01); H02M 7/493 (2013.01); H02P 9/48 (2013.01); H02P 9/08 (2013.01); H02P 2201/09 (2013.01);
Abstract
An engine generator, including a generator unit driven by the engine, a first power converter circuit, a capacitor, a second power converter circuit, a smoothing circuit, battery and a control unit. The control unit controls operation of the switching elements of the second power converter circuit so as to form a boosting circuit by the battery, the coil of the smoothing circuit, the switching element and the diode of the second power converter circuit, and the capacitor at starting of the engine.