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Exhaust gas turbocharger

US10890105B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 28, 2017
Grant dateJan 12, 2021
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Expiry dateFeb 28, 2037

Classification

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

Abstract

The present invention includes: a turbine wheel 24 that is attached to a rotating shaft 14 and that has a plurality of turbine blades in the circumferential direction; scroll passages 15Aa, 15Ab that are formed in a spiral shape on the outside of the turbine wheel 24, and that are formed by being divided into a plurality of sections in the circumferential direction, the passages communicating with each other at the position of the turbine wheel 24 disposed between respective tongue sections 15Ac, 15Ad; and threads 51 that are provided on an back facing surface 41 disposed so as to oppose the back surface of the turbine wheel 24, the back surface being on the axially opposite side from the turbine blade side, and the linear parts extending from starting points 51a near the tongue sections 15Ac, 15Ad toward the rotating shaft 14 side so as to control the passage of fluid between the back surface and the back facing surface 41.

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