Turbocharger for an internal combustion engine and method for operating a turbocharged internal combustion engine

US9476350B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Bernd Schumacher · Niederalteich, DE
• Marco Marceno · Hagen, DE
• Jan Linsel · Cologne, DE
• Kay Hohenboeken · Cologne, DE
• Oliver Berkemeier · Bensberg, DE
• Jens Wojahn · Bensberg, DE
• Klemens Grieser · Langenfeld, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 11, 2013
• Grant date: Oct 25, 2016
• Expiry date: Apr 11, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F02B39/14
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A turbocharger for an internal combustion engine includes an oil-lubricated bearing, a feed line for the oil and a throughflow limiter for the oil.