Joint for housing alignment
View Patent ↗An assembly kit includes a first turbocharger component flange with receptacles spaced according to a first interval angle; a second turbocharger component flange with receptacles spaced according to a second interval angle that differs from the first interval angle; and a piece configured for receipt by a receptacle of the first component and a receptacle of the second component where alignment of the receptacles determines a rotational orientation angle of the first component with respect to the second component. Various other examples of devices, assemblies, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
1. An assembly kit comprising:
a first turbocharger component flange that comprises receptacles spaced according to a first interval angle;
a second turbocharger component flange that comprises receptacles spaced according to a second interval angle that differs from the first interval angle; and
a piece configured for receipt by a receptacle of the first component and a receptacle of the second component wherein alignment of the receptacles determines a rotational orientation angle of the first component with respect to the second component.
2. The assembly kit of claim 1 wherein the receptacles of the first component comprise holes.
3. The assembly kit of claim 1 wherein the receptacles of the second component comprise wells.
4. The assembly kit of claim 1 wherein the first turbocharger component flange comprises a flange of a center housing.
5. The assembly kit of claim 1 wherein the second turbocharger component flange comprises a flange of a turbine housing or a compressor housing.
6. The assembly kit of claim 1 wherein the piece comprises a pin.
7. The assembly kit of claim 1 comprising an information table that comprises rotational orientation angles and receptacle locations to achieve each of the rotational orientation angles.
8. The assembly kit of claim 7 wherein the information table comprises information stored in a processor-readable medium.
9. The assembly kit of claim 1 wherein the first interval angle exceeds the second interval angle.
10. The assembly kit of claim 1 wherein the first component includes fewer receptacles than the second component.
11. The assembly kit of claim 10 wherein the first interval angle exceeds the second interval angle.
12. The assembly kit of claim 1 configured for incremental rotational orientation angles of less than approximately ten degrees.
13. The assembly kit of claim 1 configured for rotational orientation angles ranging from zero degrees to three-hundred and fifty-nine degrees.
14. The assembly kit of claim 1 further comprising a clamp to axially locate the first and the second components.
15. An assembly comprising:
a center housing that comprises a joint surface with a first number of receptacles;
an end housing that comprises an opening configured for gas flow and a joint surface with a second number of receptacles that differs from the first number of receptacles; and
a piece selectively positioned at least partially in one of the receptacles of the center housing and at least partially in one of the receptacles of the end housing to constrain rotation of the end housing opening with respect to the center housing.
16. The assembly of claim 15 further comprising a conduit connected to the opening of the end housing.
17. The assembly of claim 16 wherein the constraint of rotation avoids wear of the conduit.
18. The assembly of claim 15 wherein the conduit comprises a bellows.