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Bearing housing of an exhaust-gas turbocharger

US11415024B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 11, 2013
Grant dateAug 16, 2022
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Expiry dateJan 30, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16C2360/24
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A bearing housing (1) of an exhaust-gas turbocharger (2), having a bearing cartridge (4), arranged in a bearing housing borehole (3), for a rotor (5), and having an oil film (6), which surrounds the bearing cartridge (4) on the outer circumferential surface (7) thereof. Provision is made of at least one decoupling/sealing element (8, 9), which is formed as a spring steel ring, and which is elastically tensioned between a first associated bearing cartridge end region (10) and an adjacently arranged bearing housing wall region (11).

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