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Loaded turbocharger turbine wastegate control linkage joints

US10167773B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 26, 2016
Grant dateJan 1, 2019
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Expiry dateDec 5, 2036

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/12
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An assembly can include a turbine housing that includes a bore, a wastegate seat and a wastegate passage that extends to the wastegate seat; a bushing disposed at least in part in the bore; a rotatable wastegate shaft received at least in part by the bushing; a wastegate plug that extends from the wastegate shaft; a control arm operatively coupled to the wastegate shaft; a control link operatively coupled to the control arm; and a biasing element coupled to the control arm and to the control link.

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