IP Library Granted Patent US 9,739,311
Granted Patent B2
US 9,739,311 · App. 14/568,338 · Granted Aug 22, 2017

Bearing structure and turbocharger

Inventors: Kuniaki Iizuka (Tokyo, JP); Toshihiko Kitazawa (Tokyo, JP); Masatoshi Eguchi (Tokyo, JP); Yasushi Asada (Tokyo, JP); Osamu Kagimoto (Tokyo, JP); Kenji Ishikawa (Tokyo, JP); Masashige Takahashi (Tokyo, JP); Yohei Suruga (Tokyo, JP); Suguru Katayama (Tokyo, JP); Asako Yasui (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: IHI Corporation
F16C33/121F01D17/165F05D2220/40F05D2230/90F16C2360/24
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Patent No.
US 9,739,311
App. No.
14/568,338
Granted
Aug 22, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A shaft includes: two large-diameter portions; and a small-diameter portion formed between the two large-diameter portions. A bearing includes: an annular body in which to insert the shaft; two bearing surfaces being opposite the large-diameter portions; and an intervening surface located between the two bearing surfaces on an inner circumferential surface of the body, and being opposite the small-diameter portion with a clearance formed between the intervening surface and the small-diameter portion. No anti-corrosion treatment is applied to the large-diameter portions. An anti-corrosion treatment is applied to at least any one of: an exposed portion of an outer peripheral surface of the body of the bearing, which is exposed to the outside of the housing; the intervening surface of the bearing; an opposite end surface of the bearing; and the small-diameter portion of the shaft.

Claims (23)

1. A bearing structure comprising:

a bearing fixed to a housing of a turbocharger with an end surface side of the bearing inserted in a through-hole provided in the housing, and with an opposite end surface side of the bearing exposed to an outside of the housing; and

a shaft rotatably supported by the bearing, wherein

the shaft includes

two large-diameter portions formed respectively in two end sides of the shaft in an axial direction of the shaft, and

a small-diameter portion formed between the two large-diameter portions, and being smaller in outer diameter than the large-diameter portions,

the bearing includes

an annular body in which to insert the shaft,

two bearing surfaces formed respectively in two end sides of an inner circumferential surface of the body in the axial direction of the shaft, and being opposite the large-diameter portions, and

an intervening surface located between the two bearing surfaces on the inner circumferential surface of the body, and being opposite the small-diameter portion with a clearance formed between the intervening surface and the small-diameter portion, and

no anti-corrosion treatment is applied to the large-diameter portions, while an anti-corrosion treatment is applied to at least any one of: an exposed portion of an outer peripheral surface of the body of the bearing, which is exposed to the outside of the housing; the intervening surface of the bearing; the opposite end surface of the bearing; and the small-diameter portion of the shaft.

2. A turbocharger comprising:

a housing rotatably housing a shaft rod with a turbine wheel provided to an end of the shaft rod, and with a compressor wheel provided to an opposite end of the shaft rod;

a bearing fixed to the housing with an end surface side of the bearing inserted in a through-hole provided in the housing, and with an opposite end surface side of the bearing exposed to an outside of the housing; and

a shaft rotatably supported by the bearing, wherein

the shaft includes

two large-diameter portions formed respectively in two end sides of the shaft in an axial direction of the shaft, and

a small-diameter portion formed between the two large-diameter portions, and being smaller in outer diameter than the large-diameter portions,

the bearing includes

an annular body in which to insert the shaft,

two bearing surfaces formed respectively in two end sides of an inner circumferential surface of the body in the axial direction of the shaft, and being opposite the large-diameter portions, and

an intervening surface located between the two bearing surfaces on the inner circumferential surface of the body, and being opposite the small-diameter portion with a clearance formed between the intervening surface and the small-diameter portion, and

no anti-corrosion treatment is applied to the large-diameter portions, while an anti-corrosion treatment is applied to at least any one of: an exposed portion of an outer peripheral surface of the body of the bearing, which is exposed to the outside of the housing; the intervening surface of the bearing; the opposite end surface of the bearing; and the small-diameter portion of the shaft.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2014
From: IIZUKA, KUNIAKI; KITAZAWA, TOSHIHIKO; EGUCHI, MASATOSHI; ASADA, YASUSHI; KAGIMOTO, OSAMU; ISHIKAWA, KENJI; TAKAHASHI, MASASHIGE; SURUGA, YOHEI; KATAYAMA, SUGURU; YASUI, ASAKO
To: IHI CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-273186 · Dec 27, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150184541A1 · Jul 2, 2015