Turbocharger

{
  "publication_number": "US10895226B2",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B2",
  "title": "Turbocharger",
  "abstract": "A turbocharger includes a gripping unit gripping a turbine-housing side flange portion and a bearing-housing side flange portion to couple a turbine housing and a bearing housing. In a state where the turbine housing and the bearing housing are coupled by the gripping unit, an elastic force in a direction to separate the turbine-housing side flange portion and the bearing-housing side flange portion from each other is applied to each of the turbine housing and the bearing housing.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A turbocharger, comprising: a turbine rotor; a turbine housing which includes a turbine-housing side flange portion on a radially outer side, and which accommodates the turbine rotor; a bearing device rotatably supporting a shaft connected to the turbine rotor; and a bearing housing which includes, on a radially outer side, a bearing-housing side flange portion facing the turbine-housing side flange portion, and which accommodates the bearing device; and a clamp gripping the turbine-housing side flange portion and the bearing-housing side flange portion to couple the turbine housing and the bearing housing, wherein, in a state where the turbine housing and the bearing housing are coupled by the clamp, an elastic force in a direction to separate the turbine-housing side flange portion and the bearing-housing side flange portion from each other is applied to each of the turbine housing and the bearing housing, wherein the turbocharger further comprises a biasing member disposed between the turbine housing and the bearing housing, and configured to bias the turbine housing and the bearing housing so as to apply the elastic force to the turbine housing and the bearing housing, wherein the biasing member is a back plate disposed between the turbine rotor and the bearing housing, wherein at least a part of the back plate is held between the turbine housing and the bearing housing in an elastically deformed state, wherein the back plate is supported on the turbine housing from a first side in an axial direction of the turbine rotor and is supported on the bearing housing from a second side in the axial direction, wherein the back plate is configured to satisfy an expression df−di<δ 0 −δ 1, where δ is a step in the axial direction between a back-plate side first supported portion of the back plate supported on the turbine housing, and a back-plate side second supported portion of the back plate supported on the bearing housing, δ 0 is the step δ in a natural state of the back plate, δ 1 is an initial step δ of the step δ in an initial state after the back plate is mounted, d is a distance in the axial direction between a turbine-housing side support portion of the turbine housing supporting the back-plate side first supported portion and a bearing-housing side support portion of the bearing housing supporting the back-plate side second supported portion, di is the distance d in the initial state, and df is the distance d at the time when the turbocharger is at full load, wherein the turbine housing supports a radially outer portion of the back plate in the axial direction of the turbine rotor from a side of the turbine rotor against the elastic force, wherein the bearing housing supports the radially outer portion of the back plate in the axial direction from a side opposite to the turbine rotor against the elastic force, and wherein an inner peripheral edge of the back plate is a free end separated from the bearing housing.",
    "2. The turbocharger according to claim 1, wherein the radially outer portion of the back plate has a cross-sectional shape along the axial direction which is a V shape, a C shape, a rectangular U shape, or an oblique shape intersecting with the axial direction.",
    "3. The turbocharger according to claim 2, wherein a cross-sectional shape of the radially outer portion of the back plate along the axial direction is a V shape, a C shape, or a rectangular U shape, and an opening of the V shape, an opening of the C shape, or an opening of the rectangular U shape is open toward an inner side or an outer side in a radial direction of the turbine rotor.",
    "4. The turbocharger according to claim 1, wherein the radially outer portion of the back plate is elastically deformed opposite to the turbine rotor in the axial direction of the turbine rotor, and wherein the turbine housing supports the back plate on a radially outer side of a position where the radially outer portion is supported by the bearing housing.",
    "5. The turbocharger according to claim 1, wherein the radially outer portion of the back plate is elastically deformed toward the turbine rotor in the axial direction of the turbine rotor, and wherein the turbine housing supports the back plate on a radially inner side of a position where the radially outer portion is supported by the bearing housing.",
    "6. The turbocharger according to claim 1, wherein, in a state where the turbine housing and the bearing housing are coupled by the clamp, the turbine-housing side flange portion and the bearing-housing side flange portion are in contact after the back plate is mounted."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "The present disclosure relates a turbocharger.\n\nGenerally, a turbocharger includes a turbine rotor, a turbine housing which accommodates the turbine rotor, a bearing device supporting the shaft of the turbine rotor rotatably, and a bearing housing which accommodates the bearing device.\n\nFurther, a turbocharger for an automobile or the like may include a turbine-housing side flange portion formed on the radially outer side of a turbine housing, a bearing-housing side flange portion formed on the radially outer side of a bearing housing so as to face the turbine-housing side flange portion, and a gripping unit that grips the turbine-housing side flange portion and the bearing-housing side flange portion to couple the turbine housing and the bearing housing.\n\nAs an example of such a gripping unit, Patent Document 1 discloses a V band clamp that fastens a turbine housing and a bearing housing together. The V band clamp disclosed in Patent Document 1 connects first end portions of a pair of clamp pieces formed to have a semi-arc shape with a link and tightly fastens second end portions of the pair of clamp pieces, while the end portions of the clamp pieces are matched in position, thereby fastening a turbine housing and a bearing housing. With the above configuration, the fastening force is converted into the tension force of the clamp pieces, and thereby the housings are fastened.",
  "cpc": [
    "F02M 35/10144",
    "F01D 25/265",
    "F02B 39/00",
    "F02C 6/12",
    "F05D 2220/40",
    "F05D 2260/39",
    "F16B 2/06",
    "F16F 1/027"
  ],
  "ipc": [
    "F01D 25/26",
    "F02B 39/00",
    "F02C 6/12",
    "F02M 35/10",
    "F16B 2/06",
    "F16F 1/02"
  ],
  "assignees": [
    "Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine and Turbocharger Ltd"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Daigo Watanabe",
    "Takao Yokoyama",
    "Takashi Yoshimoto",
    "Chikako Kato",
    "Keigo SAKAMOTO",
    "Yosuke DAMMOTO"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2016-05-18",
  "publication_date": "2021-01-19",
  "grant_date": "2021-01-19",
  "priority_date": "2016-05-18",
  "application_number": "US-201616096404-A",
  "family_id": "60325087",
  "cited_by_count": 1,
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