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Turbocharged internal combustion engine having means for controlling supercharging pressure

US4528815A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 30, 1982
Grant dateJul 16, 1985
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Expiry dateSep 30, 2002

Classification

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

Abstract

An apparatus for controlling the supercharging pressure in a turbocompressed engine, of the type including a turbocompressor the turbine portion of which is supplied through the exhaust pipe of the engine, with a shunted dump-valve, while the compressor portion supplies the engine's intake piping which is provided with a butterfly valve, and in which the dump-valve is controlled by a pneumatic actuating cylinder having a return spring for closing the actuator and a control chamber which is connected through a connection tube to either intake piping or to exhaust pipe, and a delay valve inserted within said connection tube, with the valve including a throttling constriction and a check valve set up in parallel.

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