US 12,203,396 B2
Double-sided oil cooler for use in a generator engine
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., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by Champion Power Equipment, Inc., Santa Fe Springs, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/184,155.
Application 18/184,155 is a continuation of application No. 16/357,546, filed on Mar. 19, 2019, granted, now 11,668,212.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/687,337, filed on Jun. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0220791 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F01M 5/00 (2006.01); F02B 63/04 (2006.01); F16N 39/02 (2006.01); F28F 3/02 (2006.01); H02K 5/20 (2006.01); H02K 7/075 (2006.01); H02K 7/18 (2006.01); H02K 9/06 (2006.01)
CPC F01M 5/002 (2013.01) [F02B 63/042 (2013.01); F16N 39/02 (2013.01); F28F 3/022 (2013.01); H02K 5/207 (2021.01); H02K 7/075 (2013.01); H02K 7/1807 (2013.01); H02K 7/1815 (2013.01); H02K 9/06 (2013.01); F28F 2250/102 (2013.01); H02K 2205/09 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A standby generator comprising:
an internal combustion engine;
an alternator driven by the internal combustion engine to produce electrical power for distribution from the standby generator;
an adaptor component comprising a first end coupled to the internal combustion engine and a second end spaced apart from the first end and coupled to the alternator, the adaptor component positioned such that the internal combustion engine is on a first side thereof and the alternator is on a second side thereof; and
an air-cooled oil cooler integrated with or affixed to the adapter component and comprising cooling fins formed on an outer surface thereof, the air-cooled oil cooler fluidly connected to the internal combustion engine to receive heated oil therefrom and return cooled oil thereto.