US 11,746,692 B2
Automatic couplings for modular generator set system
Joshua John Siebert, Lake Crystal, MN (US); James Dale Carsten, Cleveland, MN (US); Conrad Lewis Dieken, North Mankato, MN (US); Daniel Steven Hoechst, Mankato, MN (US); and Kai Michael Vorholz, Palm City, FL (US)
Assigned to MTU Onsite Energy Corporation, Mankato, MN (US)
Filed by MTU Onsite Energy Corporation, Mankato, MN (US)
Filed on Oct. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/70,355.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/914,865, filed on Oct. 14, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/914,859, filed on Oct. 14, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/914,852, filed on Oct. 14, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/914,840, filed on Oct. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0108562 A1, Apr. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. F02B 63/04 (2006.01); F16M 1/00 (2006.01); F02G 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC F02B 63/044 (2013.01) [F02B 63/048 (2013.01); F16M 1/00 (2013.01); F02B 2063/045 (2013.01); F02G 5/02 (2013.01); F16M 2200/02 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A generator set system comprising:
a primary module comprising:
an engine; a generator coupled to the engine and configured to convert mechanical energy of the engine to electrical energy;
a primary frame configured to support the engine and the generator, wherein the primary frame conforms to a standard intermodal shipping container size; and
a first coupling;
a secondary module comprising:
at least one of a heat recovery module, an exhaust module, a cooling system module, a fuel system module, a solar power module, a battery module, an electrical system module, an air intake module, or an air outlet module;
a secondary frame; and
a second coupling,
wherein the first coupling and the second coupling are configured to automatically electrically or fluidically couple the primary module to the secondary module upon assembling the primary frame and the secondary frame, and
wherein the first coupling is positioned relative to the primary frame and the second coupling is positioned relative to the secondary frame so that the first coupling automatically engages the second coupling upon assembling the primary frame and the secondary framer;
wherein the first coupling comprises a first electrical coupling, wherein the second coupling comprising a second electrical coupling, and wherein the first electrical coupling and the second electrical coupling are configured to electrically couple the primary module to the secondary module automatically upon assembling the primary frame and the secondary frame;
wherein one of the first electrical coupling and the second electrical coupling comprises a male connector and the other of the first electrical coupling and the second electrical coupling comprises a female connector, and wherein the first electrical coupling and the second electrical coupling are configured to engage in a spring-loaded fit to make electrical connection.