Patent · US Expired

Exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine and a method for operating an exhaust gas turbocharger

US6481205B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7References

15Claims

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Assignee

Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

Peter Fledersbacher · Stuttgart, DE
Paul Löffler · Stuttgart, DE
Siegfried Sumser · Stuttgart, DE
Friedrich Wirbeleit · Eßlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 10, 2001
Grant date	Nov 19, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 10, 2021

Classification

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

Abstract

In an exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine having an air intake duct and an exhaust duct and wherein the turbocharger includes a compressor arranged in the air intake duct and a turbine arranged in the exhaust duct and a shaft carrying the turbine wheel and the compressor impeller, an electric motor is provided which includes a rotor provided with an air mover disposed in the inlet area of the compressor and being controllable for rotation independently of the rotation of the turbine.

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