Compressor with variable compressor inlet

US11105218B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BorgWarner Inc. · US

Inventors

• Sascha Karstadt · Udenheim, DE
• Waldemar Henke · Griesheim, DE
• Juergen Werner · Bruckmühl, DE
• Stefan Muenz · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Sascha Weiske · Weilerbach, DE
• Gerd Spinner · Oberndorf am Neckar, DE
• Uwe Tomm · Godelheim, DE
• Patric Hoecker · Landau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 5, 2017
• Grant date: Aug 31, 2021
• Expiry date: Jan 19, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/12
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A compressor with a compressor housing in which a compressor wheel is arranged. The compressor additionally includes a cartridge which is arranged in the compressor housing in the area of a compressor inlet. The cartridge is designed to variably change the cross section of the compressor inlet.