US 11,668,233 B2
Backplate for engine-alternator coupling in standby generator
Mark J. Sarder, Waukesha, WI (US); Russell J. Dopke, Elkhart Lake, WI (US); Hiroaki Sato, Brookfield, WI (US); and Leigh A. Jenison, Hartland, WI (US)
Assigned to Champion Power Equipment, Inc., Santa Fe Springs, CA (US)
Filed by Champion Power Equipment, Inc., Santa Fe Springs, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/448,245.
Application 17/448,245 is a continuation of application No. 16/357,479, filed on Mar. 19, 2019, granted, now 11,143,099.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/685,399, filed on Jun. 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0003157 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. F02B 63/04 (2006.01); H02K 7/18 (2006.01); F01P 11/10 (2006.01); F02N 11/00 (2006.01); F02B 67/06 (2006.01); F02B 67/04 (2006.01)
CPC F02B 63/044 (2013.01) [F01P 11/10 (2013.01); F02B 63/042 (2013.01); F02B 67/04 (2013.01); F02B 67/06 (2013.01); F02N 11/00 (2013.01); H02K 7/1815 (2013.01); F02B 2063/045 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A generator comprising:
an engine;
a backplate affixed to the engine;
an alternator driven by the engine via a crankshaft extending from the engine to the alternator;
an alternator adaptor affixed to the backplate and coupling the alternator to the engine; and
an engine cooling fan operatively coupled to the crankshaft so as to be rotated by the crankshaft, the engine cooling fan coupled to the crankshaft on a side of the backplate opposite the engine;
wherein the backplate comprises:
a main section having an opening therein sized to receive the crankshaft therethrough; and
a pair of arms extending off from the main section, with each of the pair of arms having an air flow passage positioned between the engine cooling fan and the engine.