IP Library Granted Patent US 7,431,560
Granted Patent B2
US 7,431,560 · App. 11/368,428 · Granted Oct 7, 2008

Turbine housing of an exhaust gas turbocharger with adjustable turbine geometry

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Patent No.
US 7,431,560
App. No.
11/368,428
Granted
Oct 7, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A turbine housing of an exhaust gas turbocharger having an adjustable turbine geometry is provided having a carrier ring on which are mounted adjustable guide vanes for regulating the boost pressure and having a cover ring for the guide vanes, whereby the carrier ring and cover ring are spaced a distance apart by means of spacer elements to form a guide vane gap. A fastening screw passes through each spacer element, and screwed into the carrier ring and/or cover ring. Receiving openings for the head of the fastening screw are provided in the carrier ring or cover ring. At least one securing recess is provided in the carrier ring and/or cover ring on the outside circumference of the receiving opening, said securing recess being provided to accommodate material of the screw head to establish a form-fitting connection.

Claims (18)

1. A turbine housing of an exhaust gas turbocharger having an adjustable turbine geometry, comprising:

a carrier ring on which adjustable guide vanes are mounted for regulating a boost pressure;

a cover ring for the guide blades;

spacer elements which maintain the carrier and cover rings a space apart to form a guide vane gap; and

fastening screws passing through the spacer elements, said screws being screwed into at least one of the carrier ring and the cover ring,

wherein

receiving openings for each fastening screw head are provided in at least one of the carrier ring and cover ring,

at least one securing recess is provided on an outside circumference of each receiving opening in the carrier or cover ring, said recess being provided to receive material of the screw head to establish a form-fitting connection.

2. The turbine housing of claim 1 , wherein two securing recesses are arranged with a 180° offset to one another on the outside circumference of the receiving openings.

3. The turbine housing of claim 1 , wherein the securing recesses are slots and are arranged on a common partial circle.

4. The turbine housing of claim 2 , wherein the securing recesses are slots and are arranged on a common partial circle.

5. The turbine housing of claim 1 , wherein the securing recesses are formed mechanically.

6. The turbine housing of claim 5 , wherein the securing recesses are formed by a disk miller or an end mill cutter.

7. The turbine housing of claim 1 , wherein the securing recesses are formed during casting of the carrier ring or the cover ring.

8. The turbine housing of claim 1 , wherein the head of each fastening screw is a countersunk head, and each receiving opening is conically tapering to receive the countersunk head.

9. The turbine housing of claim 1 , wherein material of the screw heads is introduced into the securing recesses.

10. The turbine housing of claim 9 , wherein the screw head material is introduced into the securing recesses by staking with a staking tool.

11. The turbine housing of claim 1 , wherein three receiving openings for the fastening screws are distributed around the circumference uniformly in at least one of the carrier ring and the cover ring.

Assignments (4)
MERGER Recorded Nov 2, 2010
From: DR. ING. H.C.F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: PORSCHE ZWISCHENHOLDING GMBH
Reel/Frame 025227/0699 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 2, 2010
From: PORSCHE ZWISCHENHOLDING GMBH
To: DR. ING. H.C.F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 025227/0747 →
MERGER Recorded Jun 30, 2008
From: DR. ING. H.C.F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: DR. ING. H.C.F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (COMPANY NUMBER 722287)
Reel/Frame 021184/0926 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2006
From: STERNER, ANDREAS
To: DR. ING. H.C.F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 017843/0560 →