[54] GENERATOR-CARRYING COGENERATION SYSTEM
[75] Inventor: Hideo Kawamura, Kanagawa-ken, Japan
[73] Assignee: Isuzu Ceramics Research Institute Co., Ltd., Kanagawa-ken, Japan
[21] Appl. No.: 09/027,248
[22] Filed: Feb. 20, 1998
[30] Foreign Application Priority Data
Mar. 3, 1997 [JP] Japan 9-061718
[51] Int. CI.7 H02K 7/10; H02K 7/02;
H02K 7/20; H02K 47/04; G05G 1/00
[52] U.S. CI 310/75 R; 310/74; 310/112;
310/113; 74/572; 290/6
[58] Field of Search 310/74 R, 74,
310/80, 83, 94, 99, 101, 112, 113, 114, 153, 156, 118; 74/572, 640, 665 F, 665 G, 665 GA, 665 GB, 665 GC, 665 GE; 318/14, 15; 363/104; 290/4 R, 4 C, 1 C, 1 D, 6;
322/4, 42
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Primary Examiner—Nestor Ramirez
Assistant Examiner—Dang Dinh Le
Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Browdy and Neimark, PLLC
[57] ABSTRACT
This invention provides a cogeneration system formed compactly and provided with a plurality of generators, wherein a plurality of miniaturized generators are coupled to a flywheel provided in an engine. In this cogeneration system, a toothed endless belt is meshed with a toothed portion formed on an outer circumference of the flywheel provided in an engine, and electric power is generated by driving a plurality of generators by the toothed endless belt via speedup gears. The electric power generated by the generators is synthesized and then transformed by a transformer, and the resultant electric power is consumed by a load via a rectifying diode and an inverter.
6 Claims, 3 Drawing Sheets
