Bearing structure of turbo charger

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9534632-B2
Application number	US-201514617208-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 9, 2015
Priority date	Feb 26, 2014
Publication date	Jan 3, 2017
Grant date	Jan 3, 2017

Abstract

A bearing structure of a turbo charger is provided. The turbo charger includes a semi-float bearing, a rotary shaft. The semi-float bearing is cylindrical and mounted in the bearing housing. The rotary shaft passes through the semi-float bearing and is supported rotatably by the semi-float bearing. The bearing structure includes a slinger wall and a projecting portion. The slinger wall is provided on the rotary shaft so that it is opposed to an end face in the axial direction of the semi-float bearing. The projecting portion projects from at least one of the slinger wall or the end face to the other. The projecting portion is provided in an annular shape along the circumferential direction of the semi-float bearing. The projecting portion includes a cutout portion that links the inner circumferential face side of the semi-float bearing with the outer circumferential face side thereof.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A bearing structure for a turbo charger, the turbo charger including:
a semi-float bearing that is cylindrical and mounted in a bearing housing; and
a rotary shaft that passes through the semi-float bearing, the rotary shaft being supported rotatably by the semi-float bearing, the bearing structure comprising:
a slinger wall that is provided on the rotary shaft, the slinger wall opposing an end face of the semi-float bearing in an axial direction of the semi-float bearing; and
at least one projecting portion that projects from at least one of the slinger wall or the end face of the semi-float bearing to the other of the slinger wall or the end face of the semi-floating bearing, the at least one projecting portion being provided in an annular shape along a circumferential direction of the semi-float bearing, and the at least one projecting portion including a cutout portion configured to link an inner circumferential face side of the semi-float bearing with an outer circumferential face side of the semi-float bearing, wherein
the at least one projecting portion comprises a first projecting portion and a second projecting portion,
the first projecting portion projects from the end face of the semi-float bearing to the slinger wall, and the second projecting portion projects from the slinger wall of the rotary shaft to the end face of the semi-float bearing,
the cutout portion is provided at a bottom portion of the first projecting portion,
the bearing housing has a drain hole, and
the cutout portion is only provided at a position corresponding to the drain hole.

2. The bearing structure according to claim 1 , wherein the cutout portion is provided at a bottommost portion of the first projecting portion.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Oki Toshinori
• Yonezawa Koichi

Classifications

• F16C33/106 Primary

  Details of distribution or circulation inside the bearings, e.g. details of the bearing surfaces to affect flow or pressure of the liquid · CPC title

• F16C2360/24

  Turbochargers · CPC title

• F05D2220/40

  in turbochargers · CPC title

• F16C27/045

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

• F16C17/26

  Systems consisting of a plurality of sliding-contact bearings · CPC title