Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Turbocharger with a hybrid journal bearing system
-
Application No.: US14602405Application Date: 2015-01-22
-
Publication No.: US09897097B2Publication Date: 2018-02-20
- Inventor: Louis P. Begin , Dingfeng Deng , Isaac H. Y. Du
- Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Agency: Quinn IP Law
- Main IPC: F04D29/056
- IPC: F04D29/056 ; F04D17/10 ; F04D25/04 ; F02M25/07 ; F04D25/02 ; F01D25/16 ; F16C17/02 ; F16C17/18 ; F16C17/26 ; F16C27/02 ; F02B37/00

Abstract:
A turbocharger for an internal combustion engine includes a bearing housing defining a bearing bore and a hybrid journal bearing system disposed within the bore. The hybrid journal bearing system includes first and second journal bearings. The first journal bearing is a semi-floating bearing and the second journal bearing is a full-floating bearing. The turbocharger also includes a shaft having a first end and a second end, wherein the shaft is supported by the journal bearing system for rotation about an axis within the bore. The turbocharger also includes a turbine wheel fixed to the shaft proximate to the first end and configured to be rotated about the axis by post-combustion gases emitted by the engine. Additionally, the turbocharger includes a compressor wheel fixed to the shaft proximate to the second end and configured to pressurize an airflow being received from the ambient for delivery to the engine.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160215785A1 TURBOCHARGER WITH A HYBRID JOURNAL BEARING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2016-07-28
Information query