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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2006
Ichiro Tanaka, Kakogawa, JP;
Yoshiharu Matsuda, Akashi, JP;
Yuji Hida, Akashi, JP;
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a generator cooling system of an engine which can supply sufficient cooling oil to a generator even during low speed operation, without complicating an oil passage formed within a wall of a crankcase. In the generator cooling system of the engine having a generator accommodated in a generator room which is formed at an end portion of the crankcase in a longitudinal direction of a crankshaft of the engine, the generator cooling system is provided with an oil passage formed to the crankcase in a position lower than an axis of the crankshaft, and an oil nozzle provided in the oil passage for injecting oil of the oil passage toward a lower portion within the generator room.