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Granted Patent B2
US 12,508,893 · App. 17/923,427 · Granted Dec 30, 2025

Industrial hybrid engine

Inventors: Masayasu Takami (Sakai, JP); Kentaro Kita (Sakai, JP); Kazuaki Koyama (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
B60K6/40F16H7/1281B60Y2200/92F16H2007/0804F16H2007/0842F16H2007/0865F16H2007/0874F16H2007/0893F16H2007/0897
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Patent No.
US 12,508,893
App. No.
17/923,427
Granted
Dec 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Based on further ingenuity, it is possible to support a heavy and large electric motor on an engine body with sufficient strength while driving the electric motor with a belt without slipping, thereby providing a more streamlined industrial hybrid engine. The industrial hybrid engine is provided with an endless rotation band wound around a drive pulley of a crankshaft and a motor pulley of an electric motor for motive power. The electric motor is attached to an engine case in a position-fixed state using one support bracket. The support bracket includes first and second support portions for attaching the electric motor, and attachment portions positioned between the first and second support portions for attaching the electric motor to the engine case.

Claims (20)

1 . An industrial hybrid engine provided with an endless rotation band wound around a drive pulley of a crankshaft and a motor pulley of an electric motor for motive power, wherein the electric motor is attached to an engine case in a position-fixed state using one support bracket, the support bracket including first and second support portions for attaching the electric motor, and an attachment portion positioned between the first and second support portions for attaching the electric motor to the engine case, the first support portion protruding obliquely upward from the attachment portion to bolt an upper portion of the electric motor, and the second support portion protrudes obliquely downward from the attachment portion to bolt a lower portion of the electric motor.

2 . The industrial hybrid engine according to claim 1 , wherein the attachment portion includes a first attachment portion that is bolted to a first case side wall of the engine case, and a second attachment portion that is bolted to a second case side wall of the engine case, the second case side wall being different in an orientation from the first case side wall.

3 . The industrial hybrid engine according to claim 2 , wherein a bidirectional tensioner that acts as tension on each endless rotation band portion that is pushed and pulled with respect to the motor pulley in the endless rotation band is provided, and the tensioner is attached to a tension bracket supported by the electric motor.

4 . The industrial hybrid engine according to claim 1 , wherein the first case side wall is a front side wall on which the drive pulley is disposed, and the second case side wall is a lateral side wall on which an intake manifold is disposed.

5 . The industrial hybrid engine according to claim 4 , wherein a bidirectional tensioner that acts as tension on each endless rotation band portion that is pushed and pulled with respect to the motor pulley in the endless rotation band is provided, and the tensioner is attached to a tension bracket supported by the electric motor.

6 . The industrial hybrid engine according to claim 4 , wherein the engine case is a cylinder block, the front side wall is a front side wall of the cylinder block, and the lateral side wall is a lateral side wall of the cylinder block.

7 . The industrial hybrid engine according to claim 6 , wherein a bidirectional tensioner that acts as tension on each endless rotation band portion that is pushed and pulled with respect to the motor pulley in the endless rotation band is provided, and the tensioner is attached to a tension bracket supported by the electric motor.

8 . The industrial hybrid engine according to claim 6 , wherein a position of an axis center of the electric motor is set at a height lower than an upper end of the cylinder block.

9 . The industrial hybrid engine according to claim 8 , wherein a bidirectional tensioner that acts as tension on each endless rotation band portion that is pushed and pulled with respect to the motor pulley in the endless rotation band is provided, and the tensioner is attached to a tension bracket supported by the electric motor.

10 . The industrial hybrid engine according to claim 1 , wherein a bidirectional tensioner that acts as tension on each endless rotation band portion that is pushed and pulled with respect to the motor pulley in the endless rotation band is provided, and the tensioner is attached to a tension bracket supported by the electric motor.

11 . The industrial hybrid engine according to claim 10 , wherein an idler pulley around which the endless rotation band is wound is provided between the drive pulley and the motor pulley, and an idler bracket pivotally supporting the idler pulley is attached using a screwing portion for attaching an auxiliary machine in an engine with a different specification.

12 . An industrial hybrid engine provided with an endless rotation band wound around a drive pulley of a crankshaft and a motor pulley of an electric motor for motive power, wherein the electric motor is attached to an engine case in a position-fixed state using one support bracket, the support bracket including first and second support portions for attaching the electric motor, and an attachment portion positioned between the first and second support portions for attaching the electric motor to the engine case, the attachment portion including a first attachment portion that is bolted to a first case side wall of the engine case, and a second attachment portion that is bolted to a second case side wall of the engine case, the second case side wall being different in an orientation from the first case side wall.

13 . The industrial hybrid engine according to claim 12 , wherein a bidirectional tensioner that acts as tension on each endless rotation band portion that is pushed and pulled with respect to the motor pulley in the endless rotation band is provided, and the tensioner is attached to a tension bracket supported by the electric motor.

14 . An industrial hybrid engine provided with an endless rotation band wound around a drive pulley of a crankshaft and a motor pulley of an electric motor for motive power, wherein the electric motor is attached to an engine case in a position-fixed state using one support bracket;

a bidirectional tensioner that acts as tension on each endless rotation band portion that is pushed and pulled with respect to the motor pulley in the endless rotation band is provided, and the tensioner is attached to a tension bracket supported by the electric motor; and

an idler pulley around which the endless rotation band is wound is provided between the drive pulley and the motor pulley, and an idler bracket pivotally supporting the idler pulley is attached using a screwing portion for attaching an auxiliary machine in an engine with a different specification.

15 . The industrial hybrid engine according to claim 14 , wherein the auxiliary machine is an oil filter.

16 . An industrial hybrid engine provided with an endless rotation band wound around a drive pulley of a crankshaft and a motor pulley of an electric motor for motive power, wherein the electric motor is attached to an engine case in a position-fixed state using one support bracket, the support bracket including first and second support portions for attaching the electric motor, and an attachment portion positioned between the first and second support portions for attaching the electric motor to the engine case;

a bidirectional tensioner that acts as tension on each endless rotation band portion that is pushed and pulled with respect to the motor pulley in the endless rotation band is provided, and the tensioner is attached to a tension bracket supported by the electric motor; and

an idler pulley around which the endless rotation band is wound is provided between the drive pulley and the motor pulley, and an idler bracket pivotally supporting the idler pulley is attached using a screwing portion for attaching an auxiliary machine in an engine with a different specification.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 6, 2022
From: TAKAMI, MASAYASU; KITA, KENTARO; KOYAMA, KAZUAKI
To: KUBOTA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061668/0331 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-217112 · Dec 25, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230191891A1 · Jun 22, 2023
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