Engine turbocharger with integral wastegate
US4171936A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 13, 1978 |
| Grant date | Oct 23, 1979 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 13, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T10/12
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An engine turbocharger includes a bearing housing, which supports a rotor shaft carrying turbine and compressor impellers on opposite ends of the shaft, and enclosed by turbine and compressor housing members secured to the bearing housing and defining therewith fluid inlet and outlet passages for the turbine and compressor. The turbocharger is provided with an integral wastegate including (1) a poppet valve supported by the turbine housing and controlling bypass passages in the housing between the turbine inlet and outlet passages and (2) an actuating piston in the compressor housing exposed through internal passage means to gas pressure in the compressor outlet and engagable with the poppet valve stem so as to urge the valve in an opening direction as a function of compressor outlet pressure. The shaft bearing lubrication and cooling passages are arranged to also lubricate the wastegate valve stem and spring.
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