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Assembly with bearings and spacer

US9963998B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 18, 2013
Grant dateMay 8, 2018
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Expiry dateNov 11, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49236
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method can include providing a turbocharger housing that includes a bore; providing a spacer; providing a shaft and wheel assembly with a first rolling element bearing assembly seated on a first portion of a shaft of the shaft and wheel assembly; providing a second rolling element bearing assembly; interference-fitting the spacer into the bore; inserting a free end of the shaft into the bore and through the spacer; and inserting the second rolling element bearing assembly into the bore and seating the second rolling element bearing assembly on a second portion of the shaft such that the spacer is disposed intermediate the first portion of the shaft and the second portion of the shaft.

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