IP Library Granted Patent US 9,534,370
Granted Patent B2
US 9,534,370 · App. 14/629,146 · Granted Jan 3, 2017

Assembly comprising an engine

Inventors: Benno Kokoschka (Karlsruhe, DE); Abdulkadir Secgin (Mannheim, DE); Heinrich Baas (Worms, DE)
Assignee: Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH
E04B1/34331B65D88/022B65D88/121E04B1/34384E04H1/1238F01N3/0205F02B63/04F02B63/044F02D29/06E04H2001/1283
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Patent No.
US 9,534,370
App. No.
14/629,146
Granted
Jan 3, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An assembly includes a combustion engine and a housing to protect an engine, wherein the housing has a first wall and the first wall has a container.

Claims (14)

1. A method of setting up an assembly, the method comprising:

placing a plurality of ISO containers to create an inner space surrounded by the ISO containers, the inner space defined by a plurality of walls, wherein each of the plurality of walls is formed at least in part by a different one of the plurality of ISO containers;

placing an engine in the inner space such that the engine is housed within the inner space defined between outside walls of the plurality of ISO containers and wherein the engine is not housed within any of the plurality of ISO containers or within a building located within the inner space; and

placing a roof covering the inner space defined between the plurality of ISO containers to shield the engine contained within the inner space.

2. An assembly comprising an engine and a housing to protect the engine, wherein the housing includes an inner space defined by a plurality of walls, wherein each of the plurality of walls is formed at least in part by a different one of a plurality of ISO containers, and wherein the engine is housed within the inner space defined between outside walls of the plurality of ISO containers, wherein the housing comprises a roof, which covers the inner space defined between the plurality of ISO containers and wherein the engine is not housed within any of the plurality of ISO containers or within a building located within the inner space.

3. The assembly of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the plurality of standardized shipping containers has a length of at least 20 ft.

4. The assembly of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the plurality of standardized shipping containers has a length of longer than or equal to 40 ft.

5. The assembly of claim 2 , wherein a first wall of the plurality of walls comprises an upper container and a lower container, the upper container being stacked on top of the lower container.

6. The assembly of claim 5 , wherein the upper container has the same length, width, and depth as the lower container.

7. The assembly of claim 2 , wherein at least a first container of the plurality of ISO containers contains a heat exchanger connected with an exhaust pipe of the engine.

8. The assembly of claim 2 , wherein at least a first container of the plurality of ISO containers contains a control unit configured to control the engine.

9. The assembly of claim 2 , wherein at least a first container of the plurality of ISO containers contains a transformer to transform electric voltage.

10. The assembly of claim 2 , wherein the assembly comprises a chimney with a rack, the rack having the size of an ISO container.

11. A power plant comprising at least two assemblies, each assembly comprising an engine and a housing to protect the engine, wherein the housing includes an inner space defined by a plurality of walls, wherein each of the plurality of walls is formed at least in part by a different one of a plurality of ISO containers, wherein the engine is housed within the inner space defined between the plurality of ISO containers such that the engine is housed within the inner space defined between outside walls of the plurality of ISO containers, a roof covers the inner space defined between the plurality of ISO containers to shield the engine contained within the inner space, and wherein the engine is not housed within any of the plurality of ISO containers or within a building located within the inner space.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2015
From: KOKOSCHKA, BENNO; SECGIN, ABDULKADIR; BAAS, HEINRICH
To: CATERPILLAR ENERGY SOLUTIONS GMBH
Reel/Frame 035075/0103 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 14000636 · Feb 24, 2014 · regional
Continuity (1)
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