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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2012
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Junji Hiranuma, Wako, JP;
Teruhiko Otsuki, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an air cooling means forcibly cools inside of an operation box of controlling an engine generator by using engine cooling air. An engine generator has a generator driven by an engine and an operation box housing a controller for the generator. The engine is cooled by a fan. The operation box has an upper opening for taking outside air and a lower opening for exhausting air to the outside from the operation box. The lower opening is disposed so as to be oriented to the cooling air flow generated by the fan. A bottom plate of the operation box is disposed obliquely to an air intake port for taking air to the engine by the cooling fan for the engine, and the lower opening is opened in the bottom plate.