IP Library Granted Patent US 10,526,960
Granted Patent B2
US 10,526,960 · App. 15/546,854 · Granted Jan 7, 2020

Turbocharger

Inventors: Yuya Kojima (Tokyo, JP); Takashi Nambu (Tokyo, JP); Naomichi Shibata (Tokyo, JP); Takaya Futae (Tokyo, JP); Shuichi Isayama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
F02B39/14F01D25/16F02B37/00F16C17/18
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Patent No.
US 10,526,960
App. No.
15/546,854
Granted
Jan 7, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A turbocharger according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a rotating shaft, a compressor, a turbine, a compressor-side floating bearing and a turbine-side floating bearing that rotatably support the rotating shaft, and a bearing housing that houses the compressor-side floating bearing and the turbine-side floating bearing, the bearing housing being internally provided with a turbine-side oil feeding passage through which oil to be fed to the turbine-side floating bearing flows and a compressor-side oil feeding passage through which oil to be fed to the compressor-side floating bearing flows. A ratio of an oil feeding pressure for oil at an outlet of the compressor-side oil feeding passage to an oil feeding pressure for oil at an outlet of the turbine-side oil feeding passage is configured to be higher than 1.0 and lower than 1.5.

Claims (46)

1. A turbocharger comprising:

a rotating shaft;

a compressor provided on a first end side of the rotating shaft;

a turbine provided on a second end side of the rotating shaft;

a compressor-side floating bearing that rotatably supports the rotating shaft;

a turbine-side floating bearing that rotatably supports the rotating shaft, the turbine-side floating bearing being arranged at a distance from the compressor-side floating bearing in an axial direction of the rotating shaft and arranged closer to the turbine than the compressor-side floating bearing in the axial direction of the rotating shaft; and

a bearing housing that houses the compressor-side floating bearing and the turbine-side floating bearing, the bearing housing being internally provided with a turbine-side oil feeding passage through which oil to be fed to the turbine-side floating bearing flows and a compressor-side oil feeding passage through which oil to be fed to the compressor-side floating bearing flows,

the turbocharger further comprising a sleeve arranged over the rotating shaft between the compressor-side floating bearing and the turbine-side floating bearing, the sleeve having a first axial end that is configured to contact a second axial end of the compressor-side floating bearing and having a second axial end that is configured to contact a first axial end of the turbine-side floating bearing,

wherein a discharge port, through which oil is discharged, is formed in an axially central portion of the sleeve, the oil being fed to the compressor-side floating bearing and the turbine-side floating bearing and having flowed in between the rotating shaft and the sleeve, and

the sleeve has a larger inner diameter at an opening end thereof on the compressor-side floating bearing side than at an opening end thereof on the turbine-side floating bearing side.

2. The turbocharger according to claim 1 , wherein

the sleeve has a larger inner diameter at the axially central portion thereof than at the opening end on the compressor-side floating bearing side and at the opening end on the turbine-side floating bearing side thereof on both axial sides.

3. A turbocharger comprising:

a rotating shaft;

a compressor provided on a first end side of the rotating shaft;

a turbine provided on a second end side of the rotating shaft;

a compressor-side floating bearing that rotatably supports the rotating shaft;

a turbine-side floating bearing that rotatably supports the rotating shaft, the turbine-side floating bearing being arranged at a distance from the compressor-side floating bearing in an axial direction of the rotating shaft and arranged closer to the turbine than the compressor-side floating bearing in the axial direction of the rotating shaft; and

a bearing housing that houses the compressor-side floating bearing and the turbine-side floating bearing, the bearing housing being internally provided with a turbine-side oil feeding passage through which oil to be fed to the turbine-side floating bearing flows and a compressor-side oil feeding passage through which oil to be fed to the compressor-side floating bearing flows,

the turbocharger further comprising a first C-type retaining ring installed on the rotating shaft and contacting an end of the compressor-side floating bearing that is on the turbine-side floating bearing side,

wherein a second C-type retaining ring is installed on the rotating shaft and contacting an end of the turbine-side floating bearing that is on the compressor-side floating bearing side,

the first C-type retaining ring is installed on the rotating shaft such that a joint portion of the first C-type retaining ring is oriented to face an oil drain outlet of the housing, and

the second C-type retaining ring is installed on the rotating shaft such that a joint portion of the second C-type retaining ring is oriented to face a direction other than the direction toward the oil drain outlet of the housing.

4. The turbocharger according to claim 3 , wherein

the bearing housing includes a compressor-side bearing support portion that supports the compressor-side floating bearing, and a turbine-side bearing support portion that supports the turbine-side floating bearing,

a discharge space is formed inside the bearing housing between the compressor-side bearing support portion and the turbine-side bearing support portion, the discharge space allowing oil flowing out from the first C-type retaining ring side of the compressor-side floating bearing and oil flowing out from the second C-type retaining ring side of the turbine-side floating bearing to be discharged to the drain oil outlet of the housing, and

a cutout surface portion, which extends toward the discharge space side from an inner peripheral surface to an outer peripheral surface of the compressor-side bearing support portion, is formed at a discharge outlet-side end of the compressor-side bearing support portion that is on the discharge space side.

5. A turbocharger comprising:

a rotating shaft;

a compressor provided on a first end side of the rotating shaft;

a turbine provided on a second end side of the rotating shaft;

a compressor-side floating bearing that rotatably supports the rotating shaft;

a turbine-side floating bearing that rotatably supports the rotating shaft, the turbine-side floating bearing being arranged at a distance from the compressor-side floating bearing in an axial direction of the rotating shaft and arranged closer to the turbine than the compressor-side floating bearing in the axial direction of the rotating shaft; and

a bearing housing that houses the compressor-side floating bearing and the turbine-side floating bearing, the bearing housing being internally provided with a turbine-side oil feeding passage through which oil to be fed to the turbine-side floating bearing flows and a compressor-side oil feeding passage through which oil to be fed to the compressor-side floating bearing flows,

wherein

the compressor-side oil feeding passage includes a compressor-side oil feeding hole extending toward the compressor-side floating bearing, and a compressor-side oil feeding groove formed at an outlet-side end of the compressor-side oil feeding hole so as to extend along an outer periphery of the compressor-side floating bearing and to be open toward the outer periphery of the compressor-side floating bearing,

the turbine-side oil feeding passage includes a turbine-side oil feeding hole extending toward the turbine-side floating bearing, and a turbine-side oil feeding groove formed at an outlet-side end of the turbine-side oil feeding hole so as to extend along an outer periphery of the turbine-side floating bearing and to be open toward the outer periphery of the turbine-side floating bearing, and

the compressor-side oil feeding groove has a larger opening area than the turbine-side oil feeding groove.

6. The turbocharger according to claim 5 , wherein

the compressor-side oil feeding passage at least includes a compressor-side oil feeding hole extending toward the compressor-side floating bearing,

the turbine-side oil feeding passage at least includes a turbine-side oil feeding hole extending toward the turbine-side floating bearing, and

the compressor-side oil feeding hole is configured to have a larger cross sectional area than the turbine-side oil feeding hole.

7. The turbocharger according to claim 5 , wherein

the bearing housing includes an oil introduction path that is open in an outer surface of the bearing housing at a first end of the oil introduction path and that extends toward the rotating shaft on a second end side of the oil introduction path, to communicate with the compressor-side oil feeding passage and the turbine-side oil feeding passage,

the oil introduction path is disposed at a position that is closer to the compressor-side floating bearing than to the turbine-side floating bearing in the axial direction of the rotating shaft, and

the compressor-side oil feeding hole has a shorter flow path length than the turbine-side oil feeding hole.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2018
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 046031/0662 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 28, 2017
From: KOJIMA, YUYA; NAMBU, TAKASHI; SHIBATA, NAOMICHI; FUTAE, TAKAYA; ISAYAMA, SHUICHI
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 043130/0079 →
Continuity (1)
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