US 7,452,256 B2Granted

Machine provided with internal combustion engine and generator

AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.

InventorsKoji Kasai, Shinichi Ide, Tetsu Wada, Tetsuro Ikeno, Shoji Hasei, Hiroshi Takahashi

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Abstract

An outboard motor S includes an internal combustion engine E having a crankshaft 7, and an alternator G having a shaft 81 and a housing 82. The engine E and the generator G are disposed in an engine compartment 15 with the crankshaft 7 of the engine E and the shaft 81 of the alternator G spaced a center distance d apart from each other. The housing 82 is provided with air inlets 83 through which cooling air for cooling the interior of the alternator G flows into the housing 82 and air outlets 84 through which cooling air that has cooled the alternator G is discharged as exhaust air. An exhaust air duct 91 surrounds the outlets 84 of the housing 82 and carries the exhaust air to a predetermined position from which the exhaust air cannot easily flow again through the inlets 83 into the housing 82. The alternator G spaced the center distance apart from the internal combustion engine E can be cooled at improved cooling efficiency.

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Dependent claims

A machine comprising an internal combustion engine having an output shaft;

and a generator having a shaft driven by the output shaft of the engine, and a housing for the generator, provided with air inlets through which cooling air for cooling the interior of the generator flows into the housing and air outlets through which cooling air that has cooled the generator is discharged as exhaust air;
wherein:
the internal combustion engine and the generator are disposed in an engine compartment with the output shaft of the engine and the shaft of the generator spaced a center distance apart from each other;
an exhaust air duct is provided to surround the air outlets of the housing and to extend so as to carry the exhaust air to a predetermined position from which the exhaust air cannot easily flow again through the inlets into the housing,
the internal combustion engine is provided with an intake air passage having a silencing chamber, the exhaust duct is extended through the silencing chamber, and a heat insulating separator wall is provided to isolate the exhaust duct from a space in the silencing chamber.

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