IP Library Granted Patent US 9,879,693
Granted Patent B2
US 9,879,693 · App. 14/435,759 · Granted Jan 30, 2018

Exhaust gas turbocharger shaft having an impeller

Inventors: Ralf Boening (Reiffelbach, DE); Philipp Mehne (Gruenstadt, DE)
Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
F04D29/266F04D17/00F04D29/403F05D2220/40
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Patent No.
US 9,879,693
App. No.
14/435,759
Granted
Jan 30, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An exhaust gas turbocharger shaft has an impeller connected to the exhaust gas turbocharger shaft in a form-locking manner and is connected to a shaft nut provided on an outer shell surface of the exhaust gas turbocharger shaft. The shaft nut is inserted into a central bore of the impeller in such a way that the impeller forms a form-locking connection with the shaft nut in the radial direction and the circumferential direction.

Claims (18)

1. An exhaust-gas turbocharger shaft assembly comprising:

an exhaust-gas turbocharger shaft having an outer shell formed with an external thread;

an impeller formed with a central bore, said impeller connected to said exhaust gas turbocharger shaft; and

a shaft nut having with an inner shell formed with a thread and being disposed on said outer shell of said turbocharger shaft;

said shaft nut connected to said exhaust-gas turbocharger shaft by being screwed onto said exhaust-gas turbocharger shaft;

shaft nut having an external shell shape, and said central bore of said impeller having a receiving section with an internal shell shape corresponding to said external shape of said shaft nut;

said shaft nut inserted into said central bore of said impeller and forming a form-locking connection in a radial direction and in a circumferential direction with said impeller,

said shaft nut having an axial direction and two sections extending along said axial direction, a first one of said two sections inserted into said central bore of said impeller, and second one of said two sections disposed outside said central bore of said impeller in said axial direction;

said second one of said two sections of said shaft nut having a cylindrical outer shell; and

said first one of said two sections of said shaft nut being inserted into said central bore of said impeller and having a hexagonal external shell shape.

2. The exhaust-gas turbocharger shaft assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said exhaust-gas turbocharger shaft is cohesively connected to said shaft nut provided on said outer shell.

3. The exhaust-gas turbocharger shaft assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said central bore of said impeller has an internal shell with an axial abutment surface disposed adjacent said receiving section and abutting said shaft nut.

4. The exhaust-gas turbocharger shaft assembly according to claim 3 , wherein said axial abutment surface is an encircling step on said internal shell of said central bore of said impeller.

5. The exhaust-gas turbocharger shaft assembly according to claim 1 , which further comprises a closure cap covering said other section of said shaft nut disposed outside said central bore of said impeller.

6. The exhaust-gas turbocharger shaft assembly according to claim 5 , wherein said closure cap is made of a material and said shaft nut is made of a material that is different from the material of said closure cap.

7. The exhaust-gas turbocharger shaft assembly according to claim 6 , wherein said shaft nut is made of metal, said closure cap is made of plastic, and said second section of said shaft nut, which is disposed outside said central bore of said impeller, is encapsulated by said closure cap.

8. The exhaust-gas turbocharger shaft assembly according to claim 5 , wherein said closure cap is made of a material and said shaft nut is also made of the material.

9. The exhaust-gas turbocharge shaft assembly according to claim 5 , wherein said closure cap is formed without an offset relative to said impeller.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2020
From: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
To: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 053323/0914 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2015
From: BÖNING, RALF; MEHNE, PHILIPP
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
Reel/Frame 035532/0751 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2012 218 692 · Oct 15, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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