Portable generator
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsToshifumi Kouchi, Akira Fukuda
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Abstract
A portable generator includes a metal shroud surrounding at least a crankcase and a cylinder block of an engine. The engine is directly mounted to the shroud. The shroud forms an effective radiating element and gives an additional heat-radiating surface to the engine, thereby increasing the heat radiation capacity of the engine. Heat generated from the engine while running can, therefore, be radiated efficiently. The shroud is mounted within a sound insulating case, so that the portable generator has a double sound-insulating structure. The noise-proofing property of the portable generator is, therefore, very high.
Claims4
A portable generator comprising:
- an engine;
- a generator body driven by said engine;
- a sound insulating case which contains said engine and said generator body;
- a cooling and ventilating shroud made of metal and surrounding at least a crankcase and a cylinder block of said engine;
- said engine being directly mounted to a portion of said shroud;
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- said shroud being connected to said sound insulating case through a vibration-proof member so that said shroud is accommodated within said sound insulating case.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.