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US 12,600,223 B2Granted
Energy assembly
AssigneeKawasaki Motors, Ltd.
InventorYoshimoto Matsuda
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Abstract
An energy assembly includes: an engine including a crank shaft; a starter that starts the engine; an energy converter that is connected to the crank shaft of the engine and converts rotational power of the crank shaft into another type of energy; controlling circuitry configured to control the engine, the starter, and the energy converter; a supporting body supporting the engine, the starter, the energy converter, and the controlling circuitry; and an energy interface that transmits the energy, generated by the energy converter, to an external device detachably attached to the energy assembly. The engine, the starter, the energy converter, the controlling circuitry, and the energy interface are integrated with each other.
Claims17
An energy assembly comprising:
- an engine including a crank shaft;
- a starter that starts the engine;
- an energy converter that is connected to the crank shaft of the engine and converts rotational power of the crank shaft into another type of energy;
- controlling circuitry configured to control the engine, the starter, and the energy converter;
- at least one energy interface that outputs electric energy and non-electric energy different from the electric energy and transmits the energy, generated by the energy converter, to an external device detachably attached to the energy assembly;
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- a communication interface that is connected to the controlling circuitry and is communicable with the external device connected to the at least one energy interface, wherein:
- the engine, the starter, the energy converter, the controlling circuitry, and the at least one energy interface are integrated with each other;
- when a predetermined condition is satisfied, the controlling circuitry controls the energy converter to adjust output of the non-electric energy;
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- the predetermined condition includes a condition that the controlling circuitry has received a request signal from the external device through the communication interface.
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An energy assembly comprising:
- an engine;
- an energy converter that converts rotational power of a crank shaft of the engine into electric energy and includes a motor generator and a conversion circuit structure, the motor generator being connected to the crank shaft of the engine, the conversion circuit structure controlling input and output of electric power to and from the motor generator;
- controlling circuitry configured to control the engine and the motor generator;
- a first interface that outputs the electric energy generated by the energy converter;
- a second interface that outputs non-electric energy generated by the engine;
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- a communication interface that is connected to the controlling circuitry and is communicable with an external device detachably connected to the first interface or the second interface, wherein:
- when a predetermined condition is satisfied, the controlling circuitry controls the conversion circuit structure to adjust output of the non-electric energy, output from the second interface, by torque of the motor generator;
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- the predetermined condition includes a condition that the controlling circuitry has received a request signal from the external device through the communication interface.
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An operating apparatus comprising:
- an energy assembly;
- at least one energy relay;
- at least one actuator connected to the at least one energy relay so as to transmit energy to the at least one energy relay;
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- operation circuitry that controls the at least one actuator, wherein:
- the energy assembly includes
- an engine including a crank shaft,
- a starter that starts the engine,
- at least one energy converter that is connected to the crank shaft of the engine and converts rotational power of the crank shaft into another type of energy,
- controlling circuitry configured to control the engine, the starter, and the at least one energy converter,
- a supporting body that supports the engine, the starter, the at least one energy converter, and the controlling circuitry, and
- at least one energy interface that transmits the energy generated by the at least one energy converter;
- the at least one energy relay is connected to the at least one energy interface of the energy assembly;
- the at least one energy converter includes a motor generator that converts the rotational power of the crank shaft into electric energy;
- the at least one energy interface includes an electric interface;
- the at least one actuator includes an electric actuator;
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- the at least one energy relay includes a battery electrically connected to the electric interface and the electric actuator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.