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Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2009

Filed:

Oct. 16, 2007
Applicants:

Billy Brandenburg, Horicon, WI (US);

Steve Crouch, McFarland, WI (US);

John Fiorenza, Slinger, WI (US);

Dave Schmitz, Houlton, WI (US);

Inventors:

Billy Brandenburg, Horicon, WI (US);

Steve Crouch, McFarland, WI (US);

John Fiorenza, Slinger, WI (US);

Dave Schmitz, Houlton, WI (US);

Assignee:

Briggs & Stratton Corporation, Wauwatosa, WI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01P 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for cooling a generator. The method includes drawing air into a first zone of a housing through a first air intake, drawing air through a controller air intake adjacent a generator controller, directing air from the first zone into a second zone past a separator, drawing air into the second zone from both the first zone and the controller air intake, and exhausting air from the second zone to the exterior of the generator.


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