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US 12,278,538 · App. 17/185,567 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Electric power unit and working machine

Inventors: Hiroshi Mizuguchi (Wako, JP); Kazuhisa Fujiwara (Wako, JP); Nobuyuki Kaneko (Wako, JP); Naoki Matsunaga (Wako, JP); Toru Yuki (Wako, JP); Shota Shimotani (Wako, JP); Ayame Murakami (Wako, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
H02K5/04H02K9/04H01M50/202
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Patent No.
US 12,278,538
App. No.
17/185,567
Granted
Apr 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides an electric power unit that is mounted on a mounting object, comprising a motor; and electrical equipment for driving the motor, wherein the motor has a first attachment portion that is attached to the mounting object, and a second attachment portion to which the electrical equipment is attached.

Claims (19)

1. An electric power unit that is mounted on a mounting object generating vibration, comprising:

a motor having a rotating shaft; and

electrical equipment for driving the motor, the electrical equipment including a battery and a control unit configured to control the motor by electric power of the battery,

wherein the motor has a first attachment portion that is attached to the mounting object, and a second attachment portion to which the electrical equipment is attached, and has an upper surface and a side surface as portions of a surface surrounding the rotating shaft in a circumferential direction of the rotating shaft,

wherein the motor is rigidly coupled with the mounting object via the first attachment portion,

wherein the battery is attached to the upper surface of the motor via the second attachment portion, and the control unit is attached to the side surface of the motor via the second attachment portion, and

wherein the electrical equipment is attached to the second attachment portion of the motor to be separated from the mounting object, via a vibration isolation mechanism.

2. The electric power unit according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical equipment is not directly attached to the mounting object.

3. The electric power unit according to claim 1 , wherein the vibration isolation mechanism includes a support member that supports the electrical equipment swingably to the motor.

4. The electric power unit according to claim 3 , wherein the support member includes a frame to which the electrical equipment is fixed, and an elastic member that is disposed between the frame and the second attachment portion.

5. The electric power unit according to claim 3 , wherein the support member is provided only with respect to the upper surface and the side surface of the motor on which the electrical equipment is disposed.

6. The electric power unit according to claim 3 , wherein

the support member is individually provided for each of the battery and the control unit.

7. The electric power unit according to claim 1 , wherein

the motor has a plurality of the second attachment portions that are arranged along a predetermined direction, and

the electrical equipment is disposed such that a longitudinal direction of the electrical equipment is along the predetermined direction.

8. The electric power unit according to claim 1 , wherein the motor includes a cooling fan that is provided at the rotating shaft to cool the motor, and a blowout port that blows out gas from the cooling fan to the electrical equipment side.

9. A working machine comprising an electric power unit according to claim 1 .

10. The working machine according to claim 9 , wherein the mounting object is a compactor including a base fixed to the first attachment portion and a compaction plate provided under the base, the compaction plate being in contact with a ground and configured to be movable up and down.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2022
From: MIZUGUCHI, HIROSHI; FUJIWARA, KAZUHISA; KANEKO, NOBUYUKI; MATSUNAGA, NAOKI; YUKI, TORU; SHIMOTANI, SHOTA; MURAKAMI, AYAME
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059813/0080 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2018032632 · Sep 3, 2018
Related Publication 20210184535A1 · Jun 17, 2021
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