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Internal combustion engine comprising an exhaust gas turbocharger

US7934379B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Daimler AG · DE

Inventors

Alfred Küspert · Esslingen am Neckar, DE
Wolfram Schmid · Eislingen/Fils, DE
Siegfried Sumser · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 9, 2007
Grant date	May 3, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 4, 2030

Classification

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

Abstract

In an internal combustion engine comprising an exhaust gas turbocharger, including a turbine with at least two inlet passages arranged in the exhaust gas tract of the internal combustion engine, via which exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine can be supplied to a turbine wheel of the turbine, and a valve arrangement being arranged in to the exhaust gas tract to the turbocharger to control the supply of exhaust gas to the inlet passages of the turbine, a valve and turbine inlet passage configuration is selectable providing for a maximum braking power with low thermal load.

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