Bearing structure and turbocharger

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10316691-B2
Application number	US-201615358682-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 22, 2016
Priority date	Jun 2, 2014
Publication date	Jun 11, 2019
Grant date	Jun 11, 2019

Abstract

An oil film damper of a bearing structure is located between facing surfaces of two bearings. The oil film damper includes two protrusions protruding inward in a radial direction from an inner circumferential surface of a main body portion, an oil guiding passage penetrating through from the protrusion to an outer circumferential surface of the main body portion and guiding a lubricating oil from the outer circumference of the main body portion to the bearing, an inclined surface provided on a side opposite to the adjacent surface adjacent to the bearing in the protrusion and having an inner diameter gradually increasing as the diameter is separate from the adjacent surface in the rotation axis direction of the shaft, and an oil discharge hole provided between the two protrusions of the main body portion and discharging the lubricating oil to an outside from an inside of the main body portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A bearing structure rotatably supporting a shaft, comprising:
an oil film damper accommodated in a bearing hole formed in a housing and having a cylindrical main body portion; and
two bearings held in the main body portion of the oil film damper, the bearings being arranged facing and separated from each other in a rotation axis direction of the shaft,
wherein the oil film damper is located between facing surfaces mutually facing each other of the two bearings; and
wherein the oil film damper includes:
two protrusions protruding inward in a radial direction from an inner circumferential surface of the main body portion and being adjacent to each of the facing surfaces of the two bearings;
an oil guiding passage penetrating through from each protrusion to an outer circumferential surface of the main body portion and guiding a lubricating oil from an outer circumference of the main body portion to corresponding one of the bearings;
an inclined surface provided on a side opposite to an adjacent surface adjacent to corresponding one of the bearings in each protrusion and having an inner diameter gradually increasing as the diameter is separate from the adjacent surface to a rotation axis direction of the shaft; and
an oil discharge hole provided between the two protrusions in the main body portion and discharging the lubricating oil to an outside from an inside of the main body portion.

2. The bearing structure according to claim 1 , wherein
the oil guiding passage extends linearly to a direction inclined with respect to the rotation axis direction of the shaft.

3. The bearing structure according to claim 2 , wherein
the oil guiding passage extends in parallel with the inclined surface.

4. The bearing structure according to claim 1 , wherein
each protrusion has a curved portion continuing to an end portion on an inner side in the radial direction in the adjacent surface and having a curvature center on a side opposite to a side where the bearing adjacent to the adjacent surface is located with reference to the adjacent surface, and the oil guiding passage is opened in the curved portion.

5. The bearing structure according to claim 2 , wherein
each of the two protrusions has a curved portion continuing to an end portion on an inner side in the radial direction in the adjacent surface and having a curvature center on a side opposite to a side where the bearing adjacent to the adjacent surface is located with reference to the adjacent surface, and the oil guiding passage is opened in the curved portion.

6. The bearing structure according to claim 3 , wherein
each of the two protrusions has a curved portion continuing to an end portion on an inner side in the radial direction in the adjacent surface and having a curvature center on a side opposite to a side where the bearing adjacent to the adjacent surface is located with reference to the adjacent surface, and the oil guiding passage is opened in the curved portion.

7. A turbocharger comprising:
a housing in which a bearing hole is formed;
a shaft having a turbine wheel provided on one end side and a compressor wheel provided on the other end side;
an oil film damper accommodated in the bearing hole and having a cylindrical main body portion; and
two bearings held in the main body portion of the oil film damper, the bearings being arranged facing and separated from each other in a rotation axis direction of the shaft and rotatably supporting the shaft,
wherein the oil film damper is located between facing surfaces mutually facing each other of the two bearings; and
wherein the oil film damper includes:
two protrusions protruding inward in a radial direction from an inner circumferential surface of the main body portion and being adjacent to each of the facing surfaces of the two bearings;
an oil guiding passage penetrating through from each of the two protrusions to an outer circumferential surface of the main body portion and guiding a lubricating oil from an outer circumference of the main body portion to a corresponding one of the two bearings;
an inclined surface provided on a side opposite to an adjacent surface adjacent to the corresponding one of the two bearings in the each of the two protrusions and having an inner diameter gradually increasing as the diameter is separate from the adjacent surface to a rotation axis direction of the shaft; and
an oil discharge hole provided between the two protrusions in the main body portion and discharging the lubricating oil to an outside from an inside of the main body portion.

Assignees

• Ihi Corp

Inventors

• Murayama Tomokazu

Classifications

• F16C27/045

  with a fluid film, e.g. squeeze film damping · CPC title

• F16C2360/24

  Turbochargers · CPC title

• F01D25/18

  Lubricating arrangements (of machines or engines in general F01M) · CPC title

• F04D29/063

  specially adapted for elastic fluid pumps · CPC title

• F02B33/40

  of non-positive-displacement type · CPC title