Bearing device for turbocharger

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9587515-B2
Application number	US-201214125810-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 22, 2012
Priority date	Jun 30, 2011
Publication date	Mar 7, 2017
Grant date	Mar 7, 2017

Abstract

It is intended, with respect to a first floating bush bearing disposed on a compressor housing side and a second floating bush bearing disposed on a turbine housing side, to improve oscillation stability when a turbine rotor revolves at a high speed, reduce the number of parts, and facilitate processing and assemblability. Provided are a bearing housing ( 13 ) for a turbocharger ( 1 ), a rotor shaft ( 16 ) passing through the bearing housing ( 13 ), a first floating bush bearing ( 17 ) interposed between the bearing housing ( 13 ) and the rotor shaft ( 16 ) and disposed on a compressor housing ( 12 ) side and comprising a first floating bush, and a second floating bush bearing ( 18 ) that has the same shape as the first floating bush bearing ( 17 ) and is disposed on a turbine housing ( 11 ) side and comprises a second floating bush ( 20 ). The inner bearing width (Li) of the first and second floating bushes is formed to be smaller than the outer bearing width (Lo) by the same proportion in both bushes.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A bearing device for a turbocharger, comprising:
a bearing housing interposed between a turbine housing and a compressor housing of a turbocharger for pressurizing supply air to a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine;
a rotor shaft of a turbine rotor arranged to pass through the bearing housing; and
a first floating bush bearing configured to support the rotor rotatably and interposed between the bearing housing and the rotor shaft, comprising a first floating bush and being disposed on a compressor housing side, the first floating bush having an oil supply hole which interconnects an outer peripheral surface and an inner peripheral surface and being configured to supply lubricating oil from the bearing housing to the outer peripheral surface and the inner peripheral surface;
a second floating bush bearing configured to support the rotor rotatably and having the same configuration as the first floating bush bearing, comprising a second floating bush and being disposed on a turbine housing side,
wherein each of the first and second floating bushes is configured so that an inner bearing width Li is formed smaller than an outer bearing width Lo at the same ratio,
wherein the outer peripheral surface of each of the first and second floating bushes has a low friction treatment,
wherein each of the low friction treatments includes a groove formed over the entire circumference of the outer peripheral surface of the first and second floating bushes, the groove communicating with the oil supply hole, and
wherein the low friction treatment is formed by a pair of edge grooves formed over the entire circumference of the outer peripheral surface on both sides of the oil supply hole in the bearing width direction, and a transverse groove is provided for each oil supply hole so that the edge grooves communicate with the oil supply hole.

2. The bearing device for the turbocharger according to claim 1 ,
wherein a ratio Li/Lo of the outer bearing width Lo to the inner bearing width Li is set to satisfy a range of Lx/Lo<Li/Lo<0.5 where Lx is a minimum inner bearing width including a diameter φ of the oil supply hole.

Assignees

• Nishida Hideaki
• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Nishida Hideaki

Classifications

• F01D25/16 Primary

  Arrangement of bearings; Supporting or mounting bearings in casings (bearings per se F16C) · CPC title

• F16C2240/40

  Linear dimensions, e.g. length, radius, thickness, gap · CPC title

• F16C17/18

  with floating brasses or brushing, rotatable at a reduced speed {(F16C17/03, F16C17/06 take precedence)} · CPC title

• F16C33/1065

  Grooves on a bearing surface for distributing or collecting the liquid · CPC title

• F01D25/166

  Sliding contact bearing (gas bearings F01D25/22) · CPC title