Turbocharger

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9617910-B2
Application number	US-201514791805-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 6, 2015
Priority date	Jul 7, 2014
Publication date	Apr 11, 2017
Grant date	Apr 11, 2017

Abstract

A turbocharger includes a turbine impeller, a rotating shaft, a bearing housing, a turbine housing. The turbine housing includes a scroll passage and a second flange. The turbine housing has an outer surface provided with a recessed portion, the recessed portion is provided between the scroll passage and the second flange. The recessed portion is a depressed portion toward an inner surface of the turbine housing from the outer surface of the turbine housing. The bearing housing has a main passage. The second flange has an extending passage. The main passage is connected to the extending passage so as to constitute a first coolant passage. The turbine housing has a second coolant passage around the scroll passage.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A turbocharger comprising:
a turbine impeller;
a rotating shaft connected to the turbine impeller;
a bearing housing configured to accommodate the rotating shaft in the bearing housing; and
a turbine housing configured to accommodate the turbine impeller in the turbine housing,
the turbine housing including a scroll passage and a second flange, the scroll passage surrounding the turbine impeller, the second flange abutting with the bearing housing,
the turbine housing having an outer surface provided with a recessed portion, the recessed portion being provided between the scroll passage and the second flange, the recessed portion being a depressed portion toward an inner surface of the turbine housing from the outer surface of the turbine housing, and
the bearing housing having a main passage, the second flange having an extending passage, the main passage being connected to the extending passage so as to constitute a first coolant passage, and the turbine housing having a second coolant passage around the scroll passage.

2. The turbocharger according to claim 1 , wherein
the bearing housing includes a first flange,
the first flange has a flange surface abutting with the second flange of the turbine housing, the flange surface being a surface perpendicular to an axial direction of the rotating shaft,
the extending passage extends in a direction from the flange surface toward the scroll passage along the axial direction of the rotating shaft,
in the turbine housing, a first distance in the axial direction of the rotating shaft is shorter than a second distance in the axial direction of the rotating shaft,
the first distance indicates a distance, along the axial direction of the rotating shaft, between the flange surface and a part where a wall thickness between the recessed portion and the inner surface of the turbine housing is thinnest in that section of the turbine housing which is perpendicular to the axial direction of the rotating shaft, and
the second distance indicates a distance, along the axial direction of the rotating shaft, between the flange surface and a bottom of the extending passage in the axial direction of the rotating shaft.

3. The turbocharger according to claim 1 , wherein
at least part of a surface of the extending passage is rougher than a surface of the main passage.

4. The turbocharger according to claim 3 , wherein
a part of the surface of the extending passage is rougher than the surface of the main passage, the part of the surface being placed at a radially inner side of the turbine housing.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Maeda Osamu

Classifications

• F02C6/12

  Turbochargers, i.e. plants for augmenting mechanical power output of internal-combustion piston engines by increase of charge pressure · CPC title

• F01D9/026

  Scrolls for radial machines or engines · CPC title

• F01D25/26

  Double casings; Measures against temperature strain in casings · CPC title

• F02C7/12

  Cooling of plants (of component parts, see the relevant subclasses, e.g. F01D; cooling of engines in general F01P) · CPC title

• F05D2260/20

  Heat transfer, e.g. cooling · CPC title