Turbocharged engine with a sensor device in the turbocharger housing

US9181858B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Stefan Muenz · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Juergen Ganser · Neukirchen, DE
• Klaus Winkler · Rutesheim, DE
• Christopher Holzknecht · Stuttgart, DE
• Christoph Peters · Wermelskirchen, DE
• Lothar Diehl · Stuttgart, DE
• Sascha Klett · Oppenweiler, DE
• Johannes Misselwitz · Leonberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 1, 2013
• Grant date: Nov 10, 2015
• Expiry date: Jul 3, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F05D2270/80
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A turbocharger for use in an internal combustion engine has at least one turbocharger housing, at least one compressor situated inside the turbocharger housing, and at least one turbine situated inside the turbocharger housing. In addition, the turbocharger has at least one sensor device for detecting at least a portion of a gas component of an exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine. The sensor device is at least partially integrated into the turbocharger housing.