Vertical shaft engine generator set for a recreational vehicle or the like

Claim 2

A vertical shaft engine generator set installed through a passageway in the floor of a recreational vehicle and mounted to the vehicle or the like comprising: an engine having a vertically depending drive shaft; a support member dimensioned to be received through said floor passageway, for mounting to the vehicle said support member mounting said engine; and a generator disposed below the level of the floor and mounted underneath said engine, said generator having an upwardly extending shaft for mating with said depending engine drive shaft so that said generator shaft is driven thereby.

Claim 3

The invention according to claim 1 further including a housing for surrounding said engine.

Claim 4

The invention according to claim 1 wherein said support comprises a mounting tray having depending skirt, the skirt being secured to the vehicle beneath the vehicle floor.

Claim 5

The invention according to claim 1 wherein said engine includes a sump for mounting said engine to said support member and for mounting said generator to said engine.

Claim 6

The invention according to claim 4 further including shock mounts for securing said engine sump to said support member.

Claim 7

The invention according to claim 1 wherein said engine is an internal combustion gasoline engine.

Claim 8

A generator set for a recreational vehicle or the like installed in the vehicle through an opening in the vehicle floor board and mounted to the vehicle comprising: a tray which is dimensioned to be received in an opening in the vehicle floor board and said tray including mounting means for mounting said tray to the vehicle; an engine disposed above the tray and having a downward extending drive shaft; a generator disposed beneath the tray underneath the engine, said generator having an upwardly extending drive shaft for mating with said downwardly depending engine shaft; mounting means for securing said engine to said generator; and shock absorbing means connected to said mounting means and to said tray for mounting said mounting means to said tray.

Claim 9

A generator set for a recreational vehicle or the like installed in the vehicle through an opening in the vehicle floor board and mounted to the vehicle comprising: a tray which is dimensioned to be received in an opening in the vehicle floor board and said tray including mounting means for mounting said tray to the vehicle; an engine disposed above the tray and having a downward extending drive shaft; a generator disposed beneath the tray underneath the engine, said generator having an upwardly extending drive shaft for mating with said downwardly depending engine shaft; mounting means for securing said engine to said generator; and shock absorbing means connected to said mounting means and to said tray for mounting said mounting means to said tray.

Claim 10

The invention according to claim 7 further including a shell formed by side walls and a top, the shell being connected to the vehicle to form a tightly fitting compartment above said tray.

Claim 11

The invention according to claim 8 further including a lid extending across the upper edges of said side walls and above the level of said top to form a plenum between said top and said lid and further including a first air intake passageway formed in the top and in communication with said engine, a seal between said engine and said top to reduce air leakage into said compartment and a second air intake passageway formed through the vehicle and into communication with said plenum to enable air to pass through said plenum from outside the vehicle.

Claim 12

The invention according to claim 9 wherein one of said side walls is common with a vehicle wall and wherein said second air intake passageway is formed through the common wall.

Claim 13

A vertical shaft engine generator set comprising: a mounting tray; an engine disposed above said tray and having a downwardly extending drive shaft; a generator disposed beneath said tray underneath said engine, said generator having an upwardly extending drive shaft for mating with the downwardly depending shaft of said engine; mounting means for mounting said engine to said generator and said tray; and a shell having opposing side walls and a top for surrounding said engine to form a compartment above said tray, said shell having an opening for admitting air into said engine.

Claim 14

A vertical shaft engine generator set comprising: a mounting tray; an engine disposed above said tray and having a downwardly extending drive shaft; a generator disposed beneath said tray underneath said engine, said generator having an upwardly extending drive shaft for mating with the downwardly depending shaft of said engine; mounting means for mounting said engine to said generator and said tray; and a shell having opposing side walls and a top for surrounding said engine to form a compartment above said tray, said shell having an opening for admitting air into said engine.

Claim 15

The invention according to claim 11 wherein said engine generator set further includes plenum means for ducting air into said shell for admission into said engine, said plenum means including: a cover overlying the top wall of said shell so as to be spaced apart therefrom to create a first passageway therebetween in registration with the opening into said shell; an outer wall parallel to and spaced apart from one of said opposing walls of said shell to create a second passageway therebetween in communication with said air passageway between said cover and said shell top wall; a first air intake through said outer wall in registration with said first air passageway; and a second air intake through one of said opposing side walls of said shell so as to be in registration with said second air passageway for carrying air from said first air passageway into said second air passageway so that air may be admitted into said engine.