Marine propulsion device and boat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9577492-B2
Application number	US-201514973434-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 17, 2015
Priority date	Jan 28, 2015
Publication date	Feb 21, 2017
Grant date	Feb 21, 2017

Abstract

A marine propulsion device, including an engine including a crankshaft, and a power generator including a rotor configured to be rotated by the crankshaft, and a stator arranged to face the rotor, the stator including a first coil group and a second coil group each configured to generate alternating current (AC), the second coil group being configured to generate more electric power than the first coil group. The marine propulsion device further includes a rectifier configured to rectify the AC generated by the first coil group to thereby obtain a first direct current (DC), and to output the first DC to a first battery, a converting device configured to convert the AC generated by the second coil group into a second DC, and a transformation device configured to transform a voltage of the second DC, and to output the voltage-transformed DC to a second battery.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A marine propulsion device, comprising:
an engine including a crankshaft;
a power generator including
a rotor configured to be rotated by the crankshaft, and
a stator arranged to face the rotor, the stator including a first coil group and a second coil group each configured to generate alternating current (AC), the second coil group being configured to generate more electric power than the first coil group;

a rectifier configured to rectify the AC generated by the first coil group to thereby obtain a first direct current (DC), and to output the first DC to a first battery;
a converting device configured to convert the AC generated by the second coil group into a second DC; and
a transformation device configured to transform a voltage of the second DC converted by the converting device, and to output the voltage-transformed DC to a second battery.

2. The marine propulsion device according to claim 1 , wherein
each of the first and second coil groups includes a plurality of windings; and
the windings of the second coil group have cross-sectional areas equal to or greater than cross-sectional areas of the windings of the first coil group.

3. The marine propulsion device according to claim 2 , wherein
the stator includes a plurality of first slots on which the windings of the first coil group are wound, and a plurality of second slots on which the windings of the second coil group are wound, and
a number of winds per slot of the second coil group is not more than a number of winds per slot of the first coil group.

4. The marine propulsion device according to claim 2 , wherein
the stator includes a plurality of first stacked magnetic steel sheets and a plurality of second stacked magnetic steel sheets, on which the first and second coil groups are respectively wound, and
a stack thickness of the first stacked magnetic steel sheets is not more than a stack thickness of the second stacked magnetic steel sheets.

5. The marine propulsion device according to claim 1 , wherein the stator includes a plurality of first slots and a plurality of second slots, on which windings of the first coil group and windings of the second coil group are respectively wound, the second slots being different from the first slots, a number of the second slots being equal to or more than a number of the first slots.

6. The marine propulsion device according to claim 1 , wherein
the stator includes a plurality of slots on which windings of the first and second coil groups are wound, and
windings of the first coil group are wound on at least one of the slots on which windings of the second coil group also are wound.

7. The marine propulsion device according to claim 1 , wherein the electric power generated by the second coil group is equal to, or more than twice of, the electric power generated by the first coil group.

8. The marine propulsion device according to claim 1 , wherein the electric power generated by the second coil group when the engine idles is equal to or more than the electric power generated by the first coil group when the engine operates at full throttle.

9. The marine propulsion device according to claim 1 , further comprising a cowling, which covers the engine, and in which the rotor, the stator, the rectifier, the converting device and the transformation device are arranged.

10. The marine propulsion device according to claim 9 , wherein at least one of the rectifier, the converting device, and the transformation device is fixed to the engine.

11. The marine propulsion device according to claim 9 , wherein the rotor is provided integrally with a flywheel connected to the crankshaft.

12. The marine propulsion device according to claim 11 , wherein the rotor is arranged above or below the engine on an axis of the crankshaft.

13. The marine propulsion device according to claim 1 , wherein the converting device includes a switching element.

14. A boat, comprising:
a boat body;
a first battery and a second battery both arranged in the boat body; and
a marine propulsion device mountable on the boat body, the marine propulsion device including
an engine including a crankshaft,
power generator including
a rotor configured to be rotated by the crankshaft, and
a stator arranged to face the rotor, the stator including a first coil group and a second coil group each configured to generate alternating current (AC), the second coil group being configured to generate more electric power than the first coil group,

a rectifier configured to rectify the AC generated by the first coil group to thereby obtain a first direct current (DC), and to output the first DC to the first battery,
a converting device configured to convert the AC generated by the second coil group into a second DC, and
a transformation device configured to transform a voltage of the second DC converted by the converting device, and to output the voltage-transformed DC to the second battery.

15. The boat according to claim 14 , further comprising:
an electrical component arranged in the boat body; and
an engine accessory configured to drive the engine of the marine propulsion device, wherein
the first battery is configured to supply electric power to the engine accessory, and
the second battery is configured to supply electric power to the electrical component.

16. The boat according to claim 14 , wherein the converting device includes a switching element.

Assignees

• Yamaha Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Furuta Hideki
• Noguchi Jun

Classifications

• H02K11/05

  Rectifiers associated with casings, enclosures or brackets · CPC title

• H02K3/12

  arranged in slots · CPC title

• H02K21/48

  Generators with two or more outputs · CPC title

• H02K3/28

  Layout of windings or of connections between windings (windings for pole-changing H02K17/06, H02K17/14, H02K19/12, H02K19/32) · CPC title

• H02K7/1815 Primary

  structurally associated with reciprocating piston engines (general aspects of generating sets, e.g. housing, F02B63/04) · CPC title