Power generation device
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakuo Kase, Kazuki Shimozono
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Abstract
A power generation device capable of ensuring assemblability and ensuring strength/rigidity necessary when being handled, and having reduced size and weight, without using a reinforcement frame. The power generation device includes, in a casing, an alternator that generates power through driving of an engine, an inverter case that houses an inverter of the alternator, and a fuel tank that stores fuel for the engine. The device includes an upper fixing part that fixes an upper part of the fuel tank to the casing, an intermediate fixing part that fixes a lower part of the fuel tank to an upper part of the inverter case, and a lower fixing part that fixes a lower part of the inverter case to the casing.
Claims8
A power generation device comprising, in a casing, an alternator that generates power through driving of an engine, an inverter case that houses an inverter of the alternator, and a fuel tank that stores fuel for the engine, the device comprising:
- an upper fixing part that fixes an upper part of the fuel tank to the casing,
- an intermediate fixing part that fixes a lower part of the fuel tank to an upper part of the inverter case, and
- a lower fixing part that fixes a lower part of the inverter case to the casing, wherein
- the intermediate fixing part comprises a lower fixing bracket provided in the lower part of the fuel tank, and a lower tank mount member attached to the lower fixing bracket and abutting on the upper part of the inverter case,
- the inverter case is configured to fasten and fix a front plate of the casing,
- the front plate, the lower fixing bracket, the lower tank mount member and the inverter case are fastened and fixed via a bolt,
- the intermediate fixing part is provided at a position shifted from the upper fixing part toward the front plate side,
- the upper fixing part is disposed rearward than a refueling cap of the fuel tank in a front-rear direction of the casing, and
- the power generation device is configured such that if external force is applied to a refueling cap part of the fuel tank from above, a direction in which rotation moment about the upper fixing part works coincides with an axial force direction of the bolt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.