Turbocharger

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11067091-B2
Application number	US-201916563010-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 6, 2019
Priority date	Sep 25, 2018
Publication date	Jul 20, 2021
Grant date	Jul 20, 2021

Abstract

A turbocharger includes a tubular floating bearing inserted into a bearing housing and a shaft inserted into the floating bearing. An annular slinger is arranged on an outer circumferential surface of at least one of opposite axial ends of the shaft, which protrudes from the float bearing. The bearing housing defines an oil discharge space surrounding the slinger externally in a radial direction. The bearing housing includes a guide wall protruding from an inner wall surface of the oil discharge space. The guide wall is configured to guide oil in the oil discharge space toward the oil discharge port.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A turbocharger comprising:
a turbine housing that accommodates a turbine wheel;
a compressor housing that accommodates a compressor wheel;
a bearing housing that connects the turbine housing and the compressor housing to each other;
a tubular floating bearing inserted into the bearing housing; and
a shaft that connects the turbine wheel and the compressor wheel to each other, the shaft being inserted into the floating bearing, wherein
the shaft is rotatable relative to the floating bearing,
the floating bearing and the shaft are configured to permit oil to be drawn into a gap between an inner circumferential surface of the floating bearing and an outer circumferential surface of the shaft,
the shaft includes
a shaft body having an axially central portion inserted into the floating bearing and opposite axial ends protruding from the floating bearing, and
an annular slinger protruding outward in a radial direction from an outer circumferential surface of at least one of the opposite axial ends of the shaft body,

the bearing housing defines an oil discharge space surrounding the slinger externally in the radial direction and an oil discharge port connecting the oil discharge space to an outside of the bearing housing,
the bearing housing includes a guide wall protruding from an inner wall surface of the oil discharge space, the guide wall being configured to guide oil in the oil discharge space toward the oil discharge port, and
the guide wall includes a surface that extends to intersect a circumferential direction with respect to a central axis of the shaft, the surface being arranged to face a direction opposite to a rotation direction of the shaft to obstruct a flow of the oil that is dispersed from the slinger and toward a leading side in the rotation direction of the shaft.

2. The turbocharger according to claim 1 , wherein the guide wall extends along a line that passes through the guide wall and the oil discharge port.

3. The turbocharger according to claim 1 , wherein
the guide wall is located at a position that at least partially overlaps the slinger in a axial direction of the shaft, and
the oil discharge port is located at a position that does not overlap the slinger in the axial direction of the shaft.

4. The turbocharger according to claim 3 , wherein the guide wall extends to become closer to the oil discharge port in the axial direction of the shaft toward the leading side in the rotation direction of the shaft.

5. The turbocharger according to claim 1 , further comprising a partition wall protruding from the inner wall surface of the oil discharge space, the partition wall being configured to guide the oil in the oil discharge space toward the oil discharge port, wherein
the partition wall extends along a line that passes through the partition wall and the oil discharge port,
at least a part of the partition wall is located at a position that overlaps the guide wall in an extension direction of the guide wall, and
a spacing width between the guide wall and the partition wall in a direction that is orthogonal to the extension direction of the guide wall decreases toward the oil discharge port.

6. The turbocharger according to claim 1 , further comprising a partition wall protruding from the inner wall surface of the oil discharge space, the partition wall being configured to guide the oil in the oil discharge space toward the oil discharge port, wherein
the guide wall extends along a line that passes through the guide wall and a center of the oil discharge port,
the partition wall extends along a line that passes through the partition wall and the center of the oil discharge port,
at least a part of the partition wall is located at a position that overlaps the guide wall in an extension direction of the guide wall, and
a spacing width between the guide wall and the partition wall in a direction that is orthogonal to the extension direction of the guide wall decreases toward the oil discharge port.

7. The turbocharger according to claim 1 , wherein the guide wall is located only at a specific position in the circumferential direction with respect to the central axis of the shaft.

8. The turbocharger according to claim 7 , wherein, when viewed from the turbine wheel in an axial direction of the shaft, the guide wall is located on a retarding side of the oil discharge port in the rotation direction of the shaft.

9. A turbocharger comprising:
a turbine housing that accommodates a turbine wheel;
a compressor housing that accommodates a compressor wheel;
a bearing housing that connects the turbine housing and the compressor housing to each other;
a tubular floating bearing inserted into the bearing housing; and
a shaft that connects the turbine wheel and the compressor wheel to each other, the shaft being inserted into the floating bearing, wherein
the shaft is rotatable relative to the floating bearing,
the floating bearing and the shaft are configured to permit oil to be drawn into a gap between an inner circumferential surface of the floating bearing and an outer circumferential surface of the shaft,
the shaft includes
a shaft body having an axially central portion inserted into the floating bearing and opposite axial ends protruding from the floating bearing, and
an annular slinger protruding outward in a radial direction from an outer circumferential surface of at least one of the opposite axial ends of the shaft body,

the bearing housing defines an oil discharge space surrounding the slinger externally in the radial direction and an oil discharge port connecting the oil discharge space to an outside of the bearing housing,
the bearing housing includes a guide wall protruding from an inner wall surface of the oil discharge space, the guide wall being configured to guide oil in the oil discharge space toward the oil discharge port, and
the guide wall is located only at a specific position in a circumferential direction with respect to a central axis of the shaft.

10. The turbocharger according to claim 9 , wherein, when viewed from the turbine wheel in an axial direction of the shaft, the guide wall is located on a retarding side of the oil discharge port in a rotation direction of the shaft.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Oki Toshinori

Classifications

• F01D25/18

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

• F04D29/0563 Primary

  Bearings cartridges · CPC title

• F16N31/02

  Oil catchers; Oil wipers (oil-scraping rings for pistons F16J9/20 {; cleaning means for indicating or measuring dip members, e.g. dipstick wipers G01F23/045}) · CPC title

• F05D2220/40

  in turbochargers · CPC title

• F04D25/024

  the driving means being assisted by a power recovery turbine · CPC title