- Patent Title: Electric generator cooling structure for internal combustion engine
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Application No.: US15704863Application Date: 2017-09-14
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Publication No.: US10408115B2Publication Date: 2019-09-10
- Inventor: Nozomi Okada , Kazuma Tanaka , Hirota Takeichi
- Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: JP2016-188731 20160927
- Main IPC: F01P3/20
- IPC: F01P3/20 ; F01M1/02 ; F01P7/14 ; F02B63/04 ; H02K7/18 ; H02K9/19 ; F01M1/08 ; F02B61/02

Abstract:
An electric generator for generating electric energy upon rotation of a crankshaft supported in a crankcase of an internal combustion engine has an outer rotor and an inner rotor. An electric generator cooling structure includes a first cooling oil passage and a second cooling oil passage that are branched from a lubricating oil passage of a lubricating system of the engine toward the electric generator. A first ejection port is defined in a downstream end of the first cooling oil passage for ejecting lubricating oil to an outer side surface of the outer rotor, and a second ejection port is defined in a downstream end of the second cooling oil passage for ejecting lubricating oil to the inner stator disposed in the outer rotor. The electric generator cooling structure can thus efficiently cool the electric generator in its entirety.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180087437A1 ELECTRIC GENERATOR COOLING STRUCTURE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE Public/Granted day:2018-03-29
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