Granted Patent B2

US 7,066,719 · App. 10/884,232 · Granted Jun 27, 2006

Abstract

Claims (25)

1. A bore for a shaft of a turbomachine, the bore comprising:

a longitudinal axis extending generally from an inner end to an outer end of the bore;

an outer seat disposed proximate to the outer end of the bore at an outer seat radius for an outer seal ring wherein the outer seat comprises an inner end, an outer end, a step at the inner end extending radially inward to a step radius, and a chamfer at the outer end extending radially inward over an outward axial distance to a chamfer plateau radius.

2. The bore of claim 1 wherein the outer seat comprises a groove adjacent the step of the outer seat.

3. The bore of claim 1 wherein the bore increases in radius axially outward from the chamfer plateau.

4. The bore of claim 1 further comprising one or more step gap seal rings.

5. A bore for a shaft of a turbomachine, the bore comprising:

a longitudinal axis extending generally from an inner end to an outer end of the bore;

an outer seat disposed proximate to the outer end of the bore at an outer seat radius for an outer seal ring wherein the outer seat comprises an inner end, an outer end, a step at the inner end extending radially inward to a step radius, and a chamfer at the outer end extending radially inward over an outward axial distance to a chamfer plateau radius; and

an inner seat disposed inward the outer seat at an inner seat radius for an inner seal ring wherein the outer seat radius exceeds the inner seat radius.

6. The bore of claim 5 wherein the inner seat comprises an axial width and the outer seat comprises an axial width wherein the axial width of the inner seat exceeds the axial width of the outer seat.

7. The bore of claim 5 wherein the inner seat comprises a groove adjacent the step of the inner seat.

8. The bore of claim 5 wherein the chamfer plateau radius is approximately the same as the inner seat radius.

9. The bore of claim 8 wherein the inner seat comprises an axial width that exceeds the axial width from the step of the outer seat to the chamfer plateau.

10. The bore of claim 5 further comprising an outer seal ring disposed between the step of the outer seat and the chamfer and an inner seal ring disposed between the step of the inner seat and the step of the outer seat wherein the axial width of the inner seal ring exceeds the axial width from the step of the outer seat to the plateau of the chamfer.

11. The bore of claim 5 further comprising an outer seat ring disposed between the step of the outer seat and the chamfer and an inner seal ring disposed between the step of the inner seat and the step of the outer seat wherein the axial width of the inner seal ring exceeds the axial width of the outer seal ring.

12. The bore of claim 5 further comprising a plurality of seal rings and a shaft operably coupled to a turbine wheel wherein the bore, the seal rings and the shaft form a labyrinth seal.

13. A turbocharger comprising:

a compressor comprising a compressor housing and a compressor wheel mounted in the compressor housing;

a turbine, comprising a turbine housing and a turbine wheel mounted in the turbine housing;

a shaft connecting the compressor wheel to the turbine wheel;

a center housing disposed between and mounted to the compressor and turbine housings, the center housing defining a bore that receives the shaft therethrough;

wherein the bore comprises:

a longitudinal axis extending generally from an inner end to an outer end of the bore;

an outer seat disposed proximate to the outer end of the bore at an outer seat radius wherein the outer seat comprises an inner end, an outer end, a step at the inner end extending radially inward to a step radius, and a chamfer at the outer end extending radially inward over an outward axial distance to a chamfer plateau radius.

Assignments (6)