Generator cooling system of engine
View Patent ↗The present invention provides a generator cooling system of an engine which can supply sufficient cooling oil to a generator even during low speed operation, without complicating an oil passage formed within a wall of a crankcase. In the generator cooling system of the engine having a generator accommodated in a generator room which is formed at an end portion of the crankcase in a longitudinal direction of a crankshaft of the engine, the generator cooling system is provided with an oil passage formed to the crankcase in a position lower than an axis of the crankshaft, and an oil nozzle provided in the oil passage for injecting oil of the oil passage toward a lower portion within the generator room.
1. A generator cooling system of an engine having a generator, including a stator and a rotor, accommodated in a generator room which is formed at an end portion of a crankcase in a longitudinal direction of a crankshaft, said generator cooling system comprising:
an oil passage formed in the crankcase in a position lower than an axis of the crankshaft; and
an oil nozzle provided in the crankcase and in said oil passage for injecting oil of the oil passage toward a lower portion within the generator room;
wherein said oil nozzle is positioned at a lower end portion of the generator room and is configured to inject oil from said oil passage toward a space between a lower end portion of the rotor and a lower end portion of the generator room.
2. The generator cooling system of the engine according to claim 1 , wherein the generator is provided with a rotor firmly attached to an end portion of the crankshaft, and a stator coil arranged in an inner side of the rotor in a radial direction of the rotor and firmly attached to a generator cover covering the generator room, the oil nozzle is positioned in an outer side of the rotor in the radial direction, and a guide surface guiding the oil injected from the oil nozzle to the inner side of the rotor in the radial direction is formed in the generator cover.
3. The generator cooling system of the engine according to claim 2 , wherein the crankcase is vertically divided into an upper crankcase member and a lower crankcase member, and the oil passage and the oil nozzle are formed in the lower crankcase member.
4. The generator cooling system of the engine according to claim 3 , wherein the oil nozzle has a throttle hole.
5. The generator cooling system of the engine according to claim 4 , wherein a throttle hole forming body independent from the crankcase is attached to the oil nozzle.
6. A generator cooling system of an engine having a generator accommodated in a generator room which is formed at an end portion of a crankcase in a longitudinal direction of a crankshaft, said generator cooling system comprising:
an oil passage formed to the crankcase in a position lower than an axis of the crankshaft; and
an oil nozzle provided in said oil passage for injecting oil of the oil passage toward a lower portion within the generator room;
wherein said oil nozzle is positioned at a lower end portion of the generator room; and
wherein the generator is provided with a rotor firmly attached to an end portion of the crankshaft, and a stator coil arranged in an inner side of the rotor in a radial direction of the rotor and firmly attached to a generator cover covering the generator room, the oil nozzle is positioned in an outer side of the rotor in the radial direction, and a guide surface guiding the oil injected from the oil nozzle to the inner side of the rotor in the radial direction is formed in the generator cover.
7. The generator cooling system of the engine according to claim 6 , wherein the crankcase is vertically divided into an upper crankcase member and a lower crankcase member, and the oil passage and the oil nozzle are formed in the lower crankcase member.
8. The generator cooling system of the engine according to claim 7 , wherein the oil nozzle has a throttle hole.
9. The generator cooling system of the engine according to claim 8 , wherein a throttle hole forming body independent from the crankcase is attached to the oil nozzle.