IP Library Granted Patent US 10,677,086
Granted Patent B2
US 10,677,086 · App. 15/551,802 · Granted Jun 9, 2020

Variable displacement supercharger

Inventors: Takahiro Kobayashi (Koto-ku, JP); Kenji Bunno (Koto-ku, JP); Takao Asakawa (Koto-ku, JP); Ryota Sakisaka (Koto-ku, JP); Kazuko Takeuchi (Koto-ku, JP)
Assignee: IHI Corporation
F01D17/146F01D11/005F01D17/165F02B37/24F16J15/08F16J15/0806F16J15/0887F05D2220/40Y02T10/144
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Patent No.
US 10,677,086
App. No.
15/551,802
Granted
Jun 9, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A variable displacement supercharger includes a turbine having: a turbine housing that forms a scroll flow passage disposed around a turbine impeller; a variable nozzle unit that includes a second nozzle ring that faces the scroll flow passage and forms a part of an inner wall of the scroll flow passage; and an annular seal member that seals the gap between the turbine housing and the second nozzle ring. The seal member has a disc spring structure that is inserted into the gap and biases the turbine housing and the second nozzle ring in an axial direction of rotation, and is arranged further inside than the scroll flow passage in the radial direction of the turbine impeller.

Claims (12)

1. A variable displacement supercharger, comprising:

a turbine including

a turbine housing configured to form a scroll flow passage disposed around a turbine impeller;

a variable nozzle unit including a nozzle ring that faces the scroll flow passage and forms a part of an inner wall of the scroll flow passage; and

an annular seal member configured to seal a gap between a first cylindrical surface of the turbine housing and a second cylindrical surface of the nozzle ring,

wherein the seal member is a biasing member that is inserted into the gap and biases the turbine housing and the nozzle ring so that an interval between the first cylindrical surface and the second cylindrical surface extends in a radial direction of the turbine impeller, and

wherein all of the seal member is arranged further inside than the scroll flow passage in the radial direction of the turbine impeller.

2. The variable displacement supercharger according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a gas inflow passage configured to connect the scroll flow passage and the turbine impeller and having nozzle vanes provided therein; and

a diametrically reduced surface provided in the turbine housing, located further inside than the seal member in the radial direction, and reduced in diameter toward the gas inflow passage.

3. The variable displacement supercharger according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first cylindrical surface and the second cylindrical surface each extend in an axial direction of the turbine.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 17, 2017
From: KOBAYASHI, TAKAHIRO; BUNNO, KENJI; ASAKAWA, TAKAO; SAKISAKA, RYOTA; TAKEUCHI, KAZUKO
To: IHI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043322/0323 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-071481 · Mar 31, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180030848A1 · Feb 1, 2018
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