US 11,866,955 B2
Portable and modular enclosure for engine generator set
Shashikant Ramdas More, Minneapolis, MN (US); Atin Tandon, Greenwood, IN (US); and Abdullah Caner Demirdogen, Greenwood, IN (US)
Assigned to Cummins Power Generation Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Cummins Power Generation Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/488,972.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/085,463, filed on Sep. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0098886 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. E04H 5/02 (2006.01); E04B 1/24 (2006.01); F02B 63/04 (2006.01)
CPC E04H 5/02 (2013.01) [E04B 1/2403 (2013.01); F02B 63/048 (2013.01); E04B 2001/2415 (2013.01); E04B 2001/2481 (2013.01); F02B 2063/045 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A genset enclosure, comprising:
a skid platform;
a plurality of gusset members spaced at intervals along an outer perimeter of the skid platform and coupled to the skid platform by fasteners, the plurality of gusset members arranged in opposed pairs positioned on opposite lateral ends of the skid platform, wherein each gusset member defines a first portion extending upwardly from the skid platform normal to an upper surface of the skid platform and a second portion disposed at an upper end of the first portion and extending normal to the first portion and toward a centerline of the skid platform;
a plurality of roof supports, each roof support extending between at least one of the opposed pairs of gusset members and coupling upper ends of the at least one opposed pair, the plurality of roof supports and the plurality of gusset members together defining a skeletal framework, at least one roof support of the plurality of roof supports comprising an “L” shaped bracket;
a first plurality of sidewall panels coupled to the plurality of gusset members and the skid platform and extending upwardly from the outer perimeter of the skid platform normal to the upper surface of the skid platform, the first plurality of sidewall panels and the plurality of gusset members positioned in an alternating arrangement along the outer perimeter of the skid platform; and
a second plurality of sidewall panels coupled to the plurality of roof supports, the first plurality of sidewall panels and the second plurality of sidewall panels together defining an enclosed volume.