Bearing device for turbocharger

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9599119-B2
Application number	US-201214124013-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 22, 2012
Priority date	Jun 30, 2011
Publication date	Mar 21, 2017
Grant date	Mar 21, 2017

Abstract

A bearing for a turbocharger includes a bearing housing having a bearing portion of the turbocharger, a rotor shaft penetrating the interior of the bearing housing, a floating bush interposed between the bearing portion and the rotor shaft and configured to supply lubricating oil to an outer peripheral surface and an inner peripheral surface via an oil supply hole interconnecting the outer and inner peripheral surfaces, and a pressure receiving part for generating pressure by catching the flow of the lubricating oil, which is provided at a position on the inner peripheral surface of the floating bush not communicating with the oil supply hole.

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, the bearing housing having a bearing portion;
a rotor shaft of a turbine rotor arranged to pass through the bearing housing; and
a floating bush interposed between the bearing portion and the rotor shaft, having a plurality of oil supply holes which interconnect 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,
wherein the inner peripheral surface of the floating bush is provided with a pressure receiving part for generating pressure by catching flow of the lubricating oil, the pressure receiving part being provided as a groove extending in a circumferential direction along the inner peripheral surface over an interval encompassing adjacent oil supply holes and at a position avoiding communication with the oil supply hole.

2. The bearing device for the turbocharger according to claim 1 ,
wherein a plurality of the pressure receiving parts is arranged at equal intervals in a circumferential direction of the inner peripheral surface of the floating bush.

3. The bearing device for the turbocharger according to claim 2 ,
wherein the floating bush is composed of an offset bearing which is offset from the rotor shaft.

4. The bearing device for the turbocharger according to claim 1 ,
wherein the pressure receiving part comprises a groove which changes in depth in a rotation direction of the rotor shaft.

5. The bearing device for the turbocharger according to claim 4 ,
wherein a width of the groove decreases along the rotation direction of the rotor shaft.

6. The bearing device for the turbocharger according to claim 5 ,
wherein the floating bush is composed of an offset bearing which is offset from the rotor shaft.

7. The bearing device for the turbocharger according to claim 4 ,
wherein the floating bush is composed of an offset bearing which is offset from the rotor shaft.

8. The bearing device for the turbocharger according to claim 1 ,
wherein the pressure receiving part comprises a groove which increases in depth in a rotation direction of the rotor shaft and whose end portion constitutes a pressure receiving face.

9. The bearing device for the turbocharger according to claim 8 ,
wherein the floating bush is composed of an offset bearing which is offset from the rotor shaft.

10. The bearing device for the turbocharger according to claim 8 ,
wherein an angle θ between the pressure receiving face and a bottom face of the groove is a right angle or an acute angle.

11. The bearing device for the turbocharger according to claim 10 ,
wherein the floating bush is composed of an offset bearing which is offset from the rotor shaft.

12. The bearing device for the turbocharger according to claim 1 ,
wherein a plurality of the pressure receiving parts is arranged at both sides of a width-directional center of the floating bush in a staggered fashion.

13. The bearing device for the turbocharger according to claim 12 ,
wherein the floating bush is composed of an offset bearing which is offset from the rotor shaft.

14. The bearing device for the turbocharger according to claim 1 ,
wherein the floating bush is composed of an offset bearing which is offset from the rotor shaft.

Assignees

• Kamata Keitaro
• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Kamata Keitaro

Classifications

• F02B39/14

  Lubrication of pumps; Safety measures therefor · CPC title

• F16C33/1075

  Wedges, e.g. ramps or lobes, for generating pressure · CPC title

• F04D29/046 Primary

  Bearings · CPC title

• F01D25/166 Primary

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

• F16C17/02

  for radial load only · CPC title