Patent ID: 8049347

Claim:
An engine equipped with a generator, characterized in that: the generator is provided with a stator that is fixed to the crankcase of the engine, and a rotatable rotor disposed opposite the stator; the stator comprises a plurality of iron cores arranged in the circumferential direction about the crankshaft of the engine, and coils that are wrapped around the plurality of iron cores; the rotor comprises a flywheel that is fastened to the crankshaft by a fixing mechanism, and a plurality of permanent magnets fixed to the flywheel and arranged in the circumferential direction about the crankshaft; and the fixing mechanism is configured so as to stop the flywheel with respect to the crankshaft in a position in which the center of one permanent magnet among the plurality of permanent magnets coincides with the center point between two adjacent iron cores among the plurality of iron cores when the piston connected to the crankshaft is either at the top-dead-center or at the bottom-dead-center.