Energy generator and energy supply system
AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshimoto Matsuda
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Abstract
An energy generator includes: an internal combustion engine; a power generator that is driven by the internal combustion engine to generate operating power; a communication interface that receives information given from working equipment; a supply interface that supplies the operating power to the working equipment; and circuitry configured to control at least one of the internal combustion engine and the power generator based on information given from the working equipment through the communication interface.
Claims19
An energy generator which is mounted on mobile working equipment and supplies operating power, required for work, to the working equipment,
- the energy generator comprising:
- an internal combustion engine;
- a power generator that is driven by the internal combustion engine to generate the operating power;
- a communication interface that receives information given from the working equipment;
- a supply interface that supplies the operating power to the working equipment;
- circuitry configured to control at least one of the internal combustion engine and the power generator based on the information given from the working equipment through the communication interface;
- and
- a support frame that is fixed to the working equipment such that the internal combustion engine and the power generator are supported by the working equipment through the support frame, wherein
- the support frame includes an attaching portion which is attached to, detached from, and fixed to the working equipment;
- and
- in a state where the energy generator is detached from the working equipment, the support frame contacts a ground surface and supports weight of the energy generator.
An energy supply system comprising:
- mobile working equipment;
- and
- an energy generator that supplies operating power, required for work, to the working equipment, wherein:
- the energy generator includes
- an internal combustion engine,
- a power generator that is driven by the internal combustion engine to generate the operating power,
- a communication interface that receives information given from the working equipment,
- a supply interface that supplies the operating power to the working equipment,
- circuitry configured to control at least one of the internal combustion engine and the power generator based on the information given from the working equipment through the communication interface, and
- an attaching portion attached to the working equipment;
- the working equipment is a robot that stands upright with two legs;
- the robot includes:
- an attached portion to which the attaching portion is attached, and
- a ground contact surface that contacts a ground surface;
- and
- the energy generator is located at a position away from a vertical region, which extends vertically upward from the ground contact surface, in a direction orthogonal to a vertical direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.