Patent ID: 6048179
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: B60K,F04B,H02K,Y10S

Abstract:
A module comprising:an electric generator having a generator housing with an axial recess, said generator adapted to be powered by an internal combustion engine; anda pump unit adapted to be powered by the internal combustion engine, wherein said pump unit is located at least partly in said axial recess of said generator housing and is adapted to cool said generator, wherein said pump unit is a hydraulic pump adapted to supply at least one hydraulic system, wherein a housing of said pump includes walls of said generator housing that form said recess and a pump cover that creates a fluid-tight closure for said recess of the generator housing, wherein said pump cover has a suction connection that empties into said recess of said generator housing, and wherein at least one distributing valve is coupled to said pump cover.