Turbine wastegate
US9200532B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 6, 2014 |
| Grant date | Dec 1, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 6, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T10/12
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An assembly can include a turbine housing that includes a bore, a wastegate seat and a wastegate passage that extends to the wastegate seat; a bushing configured for receipt by the bore; a rotatable wastegate shaft configured for receipt by the bushing; a wastegate arm extending from the wastegate shaft; and a wastegate plug extending from the wastegate arm where the wastegate plug includes a contact portion that contacts the wastegate seat to cover the wastegate passage in a closed state and a shell portion that extends into the wastegate passage in the closed state and that defines a clearance with respect to the wastegate seat in an open state. Various other examples of devices, assemblies, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
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