IP Library Granted Patent US 8,733,101
Granted Patent B2
US 8,733,101 · App. 13/388,006 · Granted May 27, 2014

Wastegate valve

Inventors: Toru Hoshi (Tokyo, JP); Isao Tomita (Tokyo, JP); Takao Yokoyama (Tokyo, JP); Noriyuki Hayashi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,733,101
App. No.
13/388,006
Granted
May 27, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a wastegate valve which is provided in the bypass path bypassing the turbine of the turbocharger in the exhaust gas path and which opens and closes the bypass path, the wastegate valve is provided with a valve seat which is formed in a plane perpendicular to or tilted with an inclination angle with respect to an axial direction of the bypass path, and a valving element which is pivotable around a pivot point which has a relationship of 0°<β<90° with respect to the plane including the valve seat where β is an inclination angle, the valving element being moved away from or closer to the valve seat by pivotation of the valving element to open or close the valve.

Claims (10)

1. A wastegate valve apparatus comprising:

a bypass path which bypasses a turbine of a turbocharger in an exhaust gas path of an engine;

a wastegate valve which is provided in the bypass path and which is configured to open and close the bypass path;

a valve seat which is formed in a plane tilted with an inclination angle with respect to an axial direction of the bypass path;

a pivot shaft which has a pivot center line arranged in a relationship of 0°<β<90° where β is an inclination angle with respect to a direction of the plane including the valve seat in a side view showing the axial direction of the bypass path; and

a valving element which is pivotable around the shaft center line of the pivot shaft via a support arm, the valving element being configured to be moved away from or closer to the valve seat by pivotation of the valving element to open or close the valve.

2. The wastegate valve apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the valve seat has an inclination angle α of 45° to 80° with respect to a plane which is perpendicular to the axial direction of the bypass path.

3. The wastegate valve apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the inclination angle α of the valve seat is 60° to 70°.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2018
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 047063/0420 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 29, 2012
From: HOSHI, TORU; TOMITA, ISAO; YOKOYAMA, TAKAO; HAYASHI, NORIYUKI
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 027785/0880 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-006685 · Jan 15, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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