Bearing assembly and exhaust gas turbocharger

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10132350-B2
Application number	US-201615542799-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 15, 2016
Priority date	Jan 22, 2015
Publication date	Nov 20, 2018
Grant date	Nov 20, 2018

Abstract

A bearing assembly is disclosed for an exhaust gas turbocharger for rotatably supporting a rotor shaft on a bearing housing, having at least one bearing outer ring of a radial bearing, which at least one bearing outer ring is placed in a bearing bore of the bearing housing and consists of at least one part, and at least one securing element, which consists of at least one part and by which the bearing outer ring is axially fastened in relation to the bearing housing. In order to simplify the assembly of a corresponding bearing assembly and to reduce the production costs thereof, at least one circumferential groove, according to the invention, is arranged on an outer lateral surface of a compressor-side end section of the bearing outer ring, in which at least one groove the securing element engages, and the securing element is arranged outside of the bearing bore on the compressor side and is supported at least indirectly on a compressor-side end of the bearing housing.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A bearing arrangement for an exhaust gas turbocharger for rotating support of a rotor on a bearing housing, comprising
at least one bearing outer ring of a radial bearing, said at least one outer bearing ring being constructed in two parts and placed in a bearing hole of the bearing housing,
at least one securing element constructed at least in one part that fixes the bearing outer ring axially relative to the bearing housing,
at least one groove arranged on an outer lateral surface of a compressor-side end section of the bearing outer ring in which the securing element engages,
wherein the securing element is arranged on a compressor side outside of the bearing hole and is supported at least indirectly on a compressor-side end of the bearing housing,
the two parts of the bearing outer ring comprise a compressor-side outer ring part and a turbine-side outer ring part,
the compressor-side end section of the bearing outer ring is arranged on the compressor-side outer ring part, and
the outer ring parts are guided for axial movement relative to each other and are pretensioned by at least one intermediate compression spring in axially opposite directions, and
wherein the securing element is constructed with at least one cut-out, the securing element has at least two ridges arranged offset relative to each other circumferentially and projecting radially inward into the cut-out, and at least two reliefs arranged offset relative to each other circumferentially corresponding to the ridges are provided on a compressor-side end area of the bearing outer ring following the groove.

2. The bearing arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the compression spring is supported on one side on a turbine-side end of the compressor-side outer ring part and on another side on at least one projection arranged on an inner lateral surface of the turbine-side outer ring part and pointing radially inward, the projection is constructed by a surrounding radial step on the inner lateral surface of the turbine-side outer ring part.

3. The bearing arrangement according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one anti-rotation element that secures the bearing outer ring against rotation relative to the bearing housing, and the anti-rotation element engages in at least one recess formed on the bearing outer ring.

4. The bearing arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein the anti-rotation element is mounted on a compressor-side end of the bearing housing, a relief is arranged on the compressor-side end of the bearing housing in which a section of the anti-rotation element is enclosed, and the anti-rotation element is mounted by at least one of the securing element or a separating attachment on the compressor-side end of the bearing housing.

5. The bearing arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the securing element is constructed as a plate in at least two parts with at least one cut-out, a radial extent of the plate is larger than a diameter of the bearing hole and a diameter of the cut-out is smaller than an outer diameter of the compressor-side end section of the bearing outer ring.

6. The bearing arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the securing element is constructed as a one-part plate, a radial extent of the plate is greater than a diameter of the bearing hole, a diameter of the cut-out is greater than an outer diameter of the compressor-side end section of the bearing outer ring.

7. The bearing arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the securing element is constructed as a securing ring, the securing ring is supported by a securing plate constructed in one part indirectly on a compressor-side end of the bearing housing and the securing plate is connected by the securing ring to the bearing outer ring.

8. The bearing arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein a compressor-side side wall of the groove forms a cone tapering in a direction of a turbine-side side wall of the groove.

9. An exhaust gas turbocharger comprising at least one bearing arrangement according to claim 1 .

10. The bearing arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the bearing arrangement comprises only a single securing element.

11. A bearing arrangement for an exhaust gas turbocharger for rotating support of a rotor on a bearing housing, comprising
at least one bearing outer ring of a radial bearing, for placement in a bearing hole of the bearing housing, said at least one outer bearing ring being constructed in two parts, the two parts being a compressor-side outer ring part and a turbine-side outer ring part, at least one groove arranged on an outer lateral surface of a compressor-side end section of the bearing outer ring, at least one recess formed on the bearing outer ring, the recess formed by both a relief on the turbine-side outer ring part and a recess on the compressor-side outer ring part;
at least one securing element that engages in the at least one groove of the bearing outer ring, the securing element constructed at least in one of the two parts that fixes the bearing outer ring axially relative to the bearing housing, wherein the securing element is arranged on a compressor side outside of the bearing hole and is supported at least indirectly on a compressor-side end of the bearing housing; and
at least one anti-rotation element that secures the bearing outer ring against rotation relative to the bearing housing, and the anti-rotation element engages in the at least one recess formed on the bearing outer ring;
wherein the outer ring parts are guided for axial movement relative to each other and are pretensioned by at least one intermediate compression spring in axially opposite directions.

12. The bearing arrangement according to claim 11 , wherein the anti-rotation element is mounted by at least one of the securing element or a separating attachment on the compressor-side end of the bearing housing.

13. The bearing arrangement according to claim 11 , wherein the anti-rotation element projects radially inwardly from the bearing housing to the recess.

Assignees

• Schaeffler Technologies Ag

Inventors

• Schmidt Heiko

Classifications

• F16C33/6681

  Details of distribution or circulation inside the bearing, e.g. grooves on the cage or passages in the rolling elements · CPC title

• F16C2226/50

  Positive connections · CPC title

• F16C33/583

  Details of specific parts of races · CPC title

• F16C2360/24

  Turbochargers · CPC title

• F01D25/162

  Bearing supports · CPC title