EGR mixer and ported shroud compressor housing
View Patent ↗The present invention provides an assembly comprising a compressor housing and EGR mixer, the assembly further comprising a ported shroud in the compressor housing and a noise suppressor in the EGR mixer.
1. A turbocharger compressor assembly comprising:
a compressor housing having a ported shroud and having an EGR inlet port;
an EGR mixer attached to the compressor housing and having, at one end, an air inlet for said compressor housing and having, at an opposing end, a noise suppressor located next to said ported shroud and having, disposed between the two ends, a crimp and openings that provide for introduction of exhaust, received via the EGR inlet port, to inlet air, received via the air inlet and wherein the noise suppressor comprises a convergent portion, a throat portion and a divergent portion near the ported shroud.
2. The turbocharger compressor assembly of claim 1 wherein said EGR mixer is attached at a compressor inlet of said compressor housing via the crimp in said EGR mixer over which a portion of said compressor housing is rolled.
3. The turbocharger compressor assembly of claim 1 wherein said noise suppressor is integral to said EGR mixer.
4. A method for suppressing noise in a turbocharger compressor assembly, the method comprising:
providing a ported shroud in a compressor housing, the compressor housing having an EGR inlet port and a compressor inlet; and
attaching an EGR mixer at the compressor inlet of the compressor housing via a crimp to provide an air inlet to the compressor housing wherein the attaching comprises disposing a noise suppressor in the EGR mixer next to the ported shroud and providing openings in the EGR mixer for introduction of exhaust, received via the EGR inlet port, to inlet air, received via the air inlet and wherein the noise suppressor comprises a convergent portion, a throat portion and a divergent portion near the ported shroud.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein the EGR mixer is attached to the compressor housing by forming the crimp on the EGR mixer and rolling a portion of the compressor housing over the crimp.
6. The method of claim 4 wherein the EGR mixer is stamped to form the noise suppressor as an integral part of the EGR mixer.