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Exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine and device for switching an air guiding device of an exhaust gas turbocharger

US8156741B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

MANN+HUMMEL GmbH · DE

Inventors

Dietmar Talmon-Gros · Oberstenfeld, DE
Bernhard Huurdeman · Freiberg, DE
Andreas Franz · Ludwigsburg, DE
Peter Fledersbacher · Stuttgart, DE
Siegfried Sumser · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 4, 2008
Grant date	Apr 17, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 5, 2030

Classification

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

Abstract

An exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine has a compressor arranged in an intake tract of an internal combustion engine for precompression of air passing through the intake tract to the compressor. A switchable air guiding device is arranged upstream of the compressor, wherein the switchable air guiding device supplies an air flow to the compressor in at least two different ways. The air guiding device has at least two components, wherein the at least two components are substantially made from plastic material.

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