IP Library Granted Patent US 11,808,173
Granted Patent B2
US 11,808,173 · App. 17/781,970 · Granted Nov 7, 2023

Turbocharger turbine housing scroll passage

Inventors: Toru Hoshi (Tokyo, JP); Hiroshi Nakagawa (Sagamihara, JP); Shunsuke Miyoshi (Sagamihara, JP); Kenji Nitta (Sagamihara, JP); Sosuke Irie (Sagamihara, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
F01D9/026F01D25/24F05D2220/40F05D2240/14F05D2250/38
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Patent No.
US 11,808,173
App. No.
17/781,970
Granted
Nov 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A scroll passage of a turbine housing includes: an outer peripheral surface extending along an axial direction of the turbine housing; an inner peripheral surface disposed inward of the outer peripheral surface; a one-side surface extending along the radial direction; an other-side surface disposed closer to an outlet of the housing; a one-side outer peripheral R portion connecting the one-side surface and the outer peripheral surface; an other-side outer peripheral R portion connecting the other-side surface and the outer peripheral surface; and an other-side inner peripheral R portion connecting the other-side surface and the inner peripheral surface. A ratio of a width dimension of the scroll passage to an R dimension of each portion is defined as a peripheral R ratio, and the peripheral R ratio has an R ratio increasing region the ratio increases from upstream to downstream in the scroll passage.

Claims (30)

1. A turbine housing, comprising a scroll passage, wherein the scroll passage includes:

an outer peripheral surface extending along an axial direction of the turbine housing;

an inner peripheral surface disposed inward of the outer peripheral surface in a radial direction of the turbine housing;

a one-side surface which is a side surface on one side in the axial direction of the turbine housing, the one-side surface extending along the radial direction of the turbine housing;

an other-side surface which is a side surface on another side in the axial direction of the turbine housing, the other-side surface being disposed closer to an outlet of the turbine housing than the one-side surface and extending along the radial direction of the turbine housing;

a one-side outer peripheral R portion connecting an outer peripheral end of the one-side surface and a one-side end of the outer peripheral surface;

an other-side outer peripheral R portion connecting an outer peripheral end of the other-side surface and an other-side end of the outer peripheral surface; and

an other-side inner peripheral R portion connecting an inner peripheral end of the other-side surface and an other-side end of the inner peripheral surface,

wherein, in a cross-sectional view of the scroll passage, a ratio of a width dimension of the scroll passage along the axial direction to an R dimension of each of the one-side outer peripheral R portion, the other-side outer peripheral R portion, and the other-side inner peripheral R portion is defined as a one-side outer peripheral R ratio, an other-side outer peripheral R ratio, and an other-side inner peripheral R ratio, respectively,

the scroll passage has an R ratio increasing region where at least one of the one-side outer peripheral R ratio, the other-side outer peripheral R ratio, and the other-side inner peripheral R ratio increases from upstream to downstream in the scroll passage, and

wherein, an angular position of a winding start portion of the scroll passage about an axis of the turbine housing is defined as 0 degrees, and an angular position of a winding end portion of the scroll passage about the axis of the turbine housing is defined as 360 degrees, and

at least part of the angular range in which the R ratio increasing region is formed is included in the angular range from 0 degrees or more to 90 degrees or less.

2. The turbine housing according to claim 1 ,

wherein the R ratio increasing region includes a one-side outer peripheral R ratio increasing region where the one-side outer peripheral R ratio increases from upstream to downstream in the scroll passage.

3. The turbine housing according to claim 1 ,

wherein the R ratio increasing region includes an other-side outer peripheral R ratio increasing region where the other-side outer peripheral R ratio increases from upstream to downstream in the scroll passage.

4. The turbine housing according to claim 2 ,

wherein, an angular position of a winding start portion of the scroll passage about an axis of the turbine housing is defined as 0 degrees, and an angular position of a winding end portion of the scroll passage about the axis of the turbine housing is defined as 360 degrees, and

the one-side outer peripheral R ratio at an angular position of equal to or more than 180 degrees and less than 360 degrees is larger than the one-side outer peripheral R ratio at an angular position of equal to or more than 0 degrees and less than 180 degrees.

5. The turbine housing according to claim 3 ,

wherein, an angular position of a winding start portion of the scroll passage about an axis of the turbine housing is defined as 0 degrees, and an angular position of a winding end portion of the scroll passage about the axis of the turbine housing is defined as 360 degrees, and

the other-side outer peripheral R ratio at an angular position of equal to or more than 180 degrees and less than 360 degrees is larger than the other-side outer peripheral R ratio at an angular position of equal to or more than 0 degrees and less than 180 degrees.

6. The turbine housing according to claim 4 ,

wherein, the angular position of the winding start portion of the scroll passage about the axis of the turbine housing is defined as 0 degrees, and the angular position of the winding end portion of the scroll passage about the axis of the turbine housing is defined as 360 degrees, and

the R dimension of the one-side outer peripheral R portion is constant at least in a range where the angular position is equal to or more than 0 degrees and less than 240 degrees.

7. The turbine housing according to claim 5 ,

wherein, the angular position of the winding start portion of the scroll passage about the axis of the turbine housing is defined as 0 degrees, and the angular position of the winding end portion of the scroll passage about the axis of the turbine housing is defined as 360 degrees, and

the R dimension of the other-side outer peripheral R portion is constant at least in a range where the angular position is equal to or more than 0 degrees and less than 240 degrees.

8. A turbocharger, comprising:

the turbine housing according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 2, 2022
From: HOSHI, TORU; NAKAGAWA, HIROSHI; MIYOSHI, SHUNSUKE; NITTA, KENJI; IRIE, SOSUKE
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
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Continuity (1)
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