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AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA,
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AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA,
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AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA,
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<p id="pa01" num="0001">An outdoor power generating apparatus includes a housing (1) including a generator chamber (10) and a side wall portion (12, 14), a power generation source (2) configured with an engine-type generator (20, 22) or a fuel cell (28), a ventilation fan (3), and an exhaust passage (4) provided within the housing and through which a gas within the generator chamber is exhausted to an outside of the housing as an exhaust gas, wherein the exhaust passage includes a sound absorbing duct (5) formed by a sound absorbing material used for a curved passage (50), a weir member, a weir passage (62), a diversion passage (7) changing the flow direction of the exhaust gas so as to be orthogonal to a direction along which the exhaust gas flows towards the weir passage from the curved passage, and an exhaust port (8) provided at an end portion of the diversion passage and opening at the side wall portion so as to be exposed to an ambient air.
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