Compressor for a charging device of an internal combustion engine and charging device for an internal combustion engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10900497-B2
Application number	US-202016815478-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 11, 2020
Priority date	Sep 14, 2017
Publication date	Jan 26, 2021
Grant date	Jan 26, 2021

Abstract

A compressor is disclosed for a charging device of an internal combustion engine. An iris diaphragm mechanism is arranged upstream of the compressor wheel. An actuator is mechanically coupled to an adjusting ring of the iris diaphragm mechanism for transmitting torque of an actuator shaft to the adjusting ring for rotating the adjusting ring. A pivotable coupling pin is arranged eccentrically on the actuator shaft and has a bearing bush which is displaceable along a longitudinal axis of the coupling pin. The bearing bush is mounted between two fingers of an adjusting lever of the adjusting ring so as to be displaceable along the fingers. An outer contact surface of the bearing bush is spherical. Inner contact surfaces of the two fingers are cylindrical to correspond to the spherical outer contact surface of the bearing bush and are in sliding contact with the outer contact surface of the bearing bush.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A compressor for a charging device of an internal combustion engine, comprising:
a compressor wheel which is arranged for conjoint rotation on a rotatably mounted rotor shaft;
an air supply channel for conducting an air mass flow to the compressor wheel;
an iris diaphragm mechanism which is arranged upstream of the compressor wheel and which has multiple lamellae, adjustable via a rotatably mounted adjusting ring, for closing and opening a diaphragm opening, such that variable setting of a flow cross section for the air mass flow, for flow against the compressor wheel, is possible; and
an actuator having an actuator shaft, which actuator is mechanically coupled to the adjusting ring for transmitting a torque of the actuator shaft to the adjusting ring for the purpose of rotating the adjusting ring, wherein, for the mechanical coupling,
a pivotable coupling pin is arranged eccentrically on the actuator shaft and has a bearing bush which is displaceable along a longitudinal axis of the coupling pin,
the bearing bush is mounted between two fingers of an adjusting lever of the adjusting ring so as to be displaceable along the fingers on the fingers,
an outer contact surface of the bearing bush is spherical, and
inner contact surfaces of the two fingers are cylindrical so as to correspond to the spherical outer contact surface of the bearing bush and are in sliding contact with the outer contact surface of the bearing bush.

2. The compressor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bearing bush is mounted so as to be rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the coupling pin.

3. The compressor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an axis of rotation of the actuator shaft of the actuator and an axis of rotation of the adjusting ring intersect.

4. The compressor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an axis of rotation of the actuator shaft of the actuator and an axis of rotation of the adjusting ring do not intersect.

5. The compressor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an axis of rotation of the actuator shaft of the actuator and an axis of rotation of the adjusting ring are oriented perpendicular to one another.

6. The compressor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an axis of rotation of the actuator shaft of the actuator and an axis of rotation of the adjusting ring are oriented at a predetermined angle less than 90° to one another.

7. The compressor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a transition fit is formed between the inner contact surfaces of the fingers and the outer contact surface of the bearing bush.

8. The compressor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a securing element is arranged on the coupling pin so as to secure the bearing bush on the coupling pin.

9. The compressor as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the securing element comprises a securing ring.

10. The compressor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bearing bush comprises a plastic material.

11. The compressor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bearing bush consists of a plastic material.

12. A charging device for an internal combustion engine, having a rotor bearing in which a rotor shaft is rotatably mounted, and having a compressor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the charging device is configured as an exhaust-gas turbocharger, as an electromotively operated charger, or as a charger operated via a mechanical coupling to the internal combustion engine.

Assignees

• Vitesco Tech Gmbh

Inventors

• Bogner Mathias
• Schäfer Christoph
• Slavic Sasa

Classifications

• Y02T10/12

  Improving ICE efficiencies · CPC title

• F04D27/0253 Primary

  by throttling (F04D27/0246 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F02B39/04

  Mechanical drives; Variable-gear-ratio drives (non-mechanical pump drives having variable gear ratio F02B39/08) · CPC title

• F05D2250/51

  Inlet · CPC title

• F05D2220/40

  in turbochargers · CPC title