Patent ID: 6756693
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: B60R,F02B,H02K

Abstract:
An apparatus for securement of a low profile auxiliary generator to large vehicles, said large vehicle having a frame and entry doors for an operator, said apparatus functioning as a step when mounted on said frame below an entry door, said step comprising an enclosure having an interconnected floor parallel to and below said frame, opposite vertical side walls, opposite vertical end walls, and a top parallel to said floor, an integral engine/generator set fixed in said enclosure, said engine/generator set having a liquid cooled internal combustion engine rigidly connected to an electrical generator by a thin vertical planar bracket, said engine having at least one cylinder disposed parallel to said floor for turning said generator to produce electricity, said engine/generator set connected to a plurality of isolation mounts to reduce vibration, said isolation mounts fixed to said floor, one of said vertical side walls pivotally connected to said opposite vertical end walls by a hinge to provide access to said enclosure, said liquid cooled engine having a radiator and associated fan, said radiator and said fan mounted on a vertical wall outside said enclosure.