IP Library Granted Patent US 9,010,284
Granted Patent B2
US 9,010,284 · App. 13/789,551 · Granted Apr 21, 2015

Engine and engine power tool

Inventor: Naoto Ichihashi (Hitachinaka, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
F01P1/00F01P1/02F01P9/00
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Patent No.
US 9,010,284
App. No.
13/789,551
Granted
Apr 21, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The cooling effect of an engine is improved. An engine, which rotationally drives a saw chain serving as a rotating tool, is provided with a crankcase, in which a crankshaft is rotatably built, and a cylinder, in which a piston coupled to the crankshaft via a connecting rod is reciprocatably built. Atop part of the cylinder is covered with a cylinder cover, and a cooling wind toward the cylinder is generated by a cooling fan attached to a projecting end of the crankshaft. The cooling wind is guided by heat-dissipating plates extending along the crankshaft. Exposing parts bulged to outside than a lateral side of the cylinder cover are provided to tips of the heat-dissipating plates.

Claims (18)

1. An engine having an engine main body including a crankcase in which a crankshaft is rotatably built and a cylinder in which a piston is reciprocatably built and coupled to the crankshaft via a connecting rod,

the engine comprising:

a cylinder cover covering a top part of the cylinder;

a cooling fan attached to a projecting end of the crankshaft and rotatably driven by the crankshaft; and

a first heat-dissipating plate provided to extend from a periphery of the cylinder toward an end on an opposite side of the projecting end of the crankshaft, wherein

the first heat-dissipating plate includes:

a base part extending in a direction along the crankshaft; and

a tip guide part exposing an upper side and provided at a tip of the base part, extending in a transverse direction with respect to the crankshaft, and

the first heat-dissipating plate is disposed between an exhaust opening side of the cylinder and a muffler.

2. The engine according to claim 1 , wherein the tip guide part is more bulged to the outside than a vicinity of a lateral side or a lateral side of the cylinder cover.

3. The engine according to claim 1 , wherein a handle part extending in a direction of the crankshaft is provided above the cylinder cover.

4. The engine according to claim 1 , wherein the base part is provided to extend along the cylinder from the projecting end of the crankshaft toward the end on the opposite side and guides a cooling wind generated by the cooling fan.

5. The engine according to claim 1 , wherein the tip guide part forms a cooling-air emission part between the tip guide part and the lateral side of the cylinder cover.

6. The engine according to claim 1 , further comprising a second heat-dissipating plate disposed between an intake opening of the cylinder and an insulator.

7. The engine according to claim 6 , wherein the second heat-dissipating plate includes: a base part extending in a direction along the crankshaft; and a tip guide part provided at a tip of the base part, extending in a transverse direction with respect to the crankshaft.

8. The engine according to claim 1 , wherein an exhaust opening part for discharging a cooling wind is provided to the first heat-dissipating plate.

9. The engine according to claim 6 , wherein an exhaust opening part for discharging a cooling wind is provided to the second heat-dissipating plate.

10. An engine power tool comprising a rotating tool rotationally driven by the crankshaft, wherein the rotating tool is rotationally driven by the engine according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 26, 2018
From: HITACHI KOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 047270/0107 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2013
From: ICHIHASHI, NAOTO
To: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029947/0233 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-058234 · Mar 15, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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