IP Library Granted Patent US 9,856,783
Granted Patent B2
US 9,856,783 · App. 13/977,361 · Granted Jan 2, 2018

Exhaust-gas turbocharger having a water-cooled turbine housing with an integrated electric wastegate actuator

Inventors: Mathias Bogner (Neutraubling, DE); Ralf Böning (Reiffelbach, DE); Ralph-Maurice Kömpel (Mannheim, DE); Marc Hiller (Morschheim, DE); Roland Herfurth (Regensburg, DE)
Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
F02B37/00F01D17/105F01D25/14F02B37/186F02B39/005F05D2220/40F05D2260/20F05D2260/232Y02T10/144
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Patent No.
US 9,856,783
App. No.
13/977,361
Granted
Jan 2, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An exhaust-gas turbocharger includes a turbine housing and a wastegate which is disposed in the turbine housing. The turbine housing is water-cooled. An electric wastegate actuator is an integrated constituent part of the turbine housing.

Claims (17)

1. An exhaust-gas turbocharger, comprising:

a water-cooled turbine housing;

a wastegate disposed in said turbine housing, said wastegate having a wastegate spindle with a shaft and a wastegate flap fastened to said wastegate spindle;

an electric wastegate actuator being an integrated constituent part of said turbine housing, said electric wastegate actuator having an electric motor;

said turbine housing having a motor slot for accommodating said electric motor;

said electric motor mounted in said motor slot and having a drive output gearwheel;

said wastegate actuator having a drive output shaft, an intermediate gearwheel and a further drive output gearwheel disposed on said drive output shaft;

said drive output gear wheel of said electric motor acting through said intermediate gearwheel on said further drive output gearwheel; and

said drive output shaft of said electric wastegate actuator and said shaft of said wastegate spindle lying on a common axis.

2. The exhaust-gas turbocharger according to claim 1 , wherein said turbine housing has a water inlet, a water outlet and cooling ducts.

3. The exhaust-gas turbocharger according to claim 1 , which further comprises a wastegate bushing on which said wastegate spindle is rotatably mounted.

4. The exhaust-gas turbocharger according to claim 1 , wherein said wastegate actuator has a cover and a plug integrated in said cover.

5. The exhaust-gas turbocharger according to claim 4 , wherein said cover is fastened to a receptacle for gear stages and is associated with a motor slot.

6. The exhaust-gas turbocharger according to claim 1 , which further comprises a sensor, and a magnet fastened to said further drive output gearwheel and interacting with said sensor for detecting an angular position of said drive output shaft of said electric wastegate actuator.

7. The exhaust-gas turbocharger according to claim 1 , wherein said wastegate spindle has cooling fins.

8. The exhaust-gas turbocharger according to claim 1 , wherein said wastegate spindle is thermally decoupled from said drive output shaft of said electric wastegate actuator.

9. The exhaust-gas turbocharger according to claim 8 , wherein said wastegate spindle and said drive output shaft of said electric wastegate actuator are two different components coupled to one another by a form-locking connection.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2020
From: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
To: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 053323/0914 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2013
From: BOGNER, MATHIAS; BOENING, RALF; KOEMPEL, RALPH-MAURICE; HILLER, MARC; HERFURTH, ROLAND
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
Reel/Frame 031087/0879 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2010 064 233 · Dec 28, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130340426A1 · Dec 26, 2013