Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inverter generator
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Application No.: US18222894Application Date: 2023-07-17
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Publication No.: US12074503B2Publication Date: 2024-08-27
- Inventor: Joshua Thurnbauer Cirillo , Philip Helwig , Sie Teong Lim , Mark Thomas Molinski , Kenny Jalmas Stair , Robert Townsend , Jeffrey H. Whitmore , Svetlana Byaliy
- Applicant: Briggs & Stratton, LLC
- Applicant Address: US WI Wauwatosa
- Assignee: Briggs & Stratton, LLC
- Current Assignee: Briggs & Stratton, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WI Wauwatosa
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Main IPC: H02K7/18
- IPC: H02K7/18 ; F02B63/04 ; F02B69/04 ; F02P5/15 ; H02K5/22 ; H02K9/06 ; H02K13/12 ; H02P1/12 ; H02P6/08 ; H02P9/00 ; H02P9/04 ; H02P27/06 ; H02P101/25

Abstract:
A generator includes an internal combustion engine including an engine block including a cylinder including a piston, a crankshaft configured to rotate about a crankshaft axis in response to movement by the piston, and a spark plug configured to periodically generate a spark to ignite fuel in the cylinder to control the movement of the piston. The generator further includes an alternator including a rotor and a stator, the rotor configured to rotate with the rotation of the crankshaft to generate alternating current electrical power, a controller configured to control a rate of fuel supply to the internal combustion engine, and a switch configured to selectively enable the flow of a first type of fuel into the cylinder and disable the flow of a second type of fuel, wherein the controller is configured to receive an indication of a fuel type based on a position of the switch.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230378849A1 INVERTER GENERATOR Public/Granted day:2023-11-23
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