Patent ID: 7411310
Filing Date: 2008-08-12
Classification: F02B,H02K

Abstract:
1. A distributed generator system having an alignment hub to assist in the alignment and securement of an engine and a generator of said system, comprising: (a) a drive shaft rotated by the engine; (b) a flywheel connected to and rotated by the drive shaft about an axis of rotation; (c) a single bearing generator; (d) a projection of the generator having a circular cross section including a cylindrical surface having a projection diameter and which is extended toward the engine in the direction of the axis of rotation of the generator; and (e) an alignment hub, having a circular cross section including a cylindrical surface having an alignment hub diameter, secured to the flywheel and centered on the axis of rotation of the flywheel in alignment with and overlapping the projection of the flex plate to define a gap within a predetermined tolerance between the cylindrical surface of the alignment hub and the cylindrical surface of the projection to allow movement of the alignment hub relative to the projection along the axis of rotation.