Apparatus for controlling speed and vibration of engine turbochargers

Claim 1

AN ENGINE TURBOCHARGER SYSTEM COMPRISING A TURBOCHARGER HAVING A ROTOR ARRANGED FOR ROTATION ON A LONGITUDINAL AXIS IN AN ANNULAR HOUSING, AN ENGINE MANIFOLD OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID TURBOCHARGER AND TERMINATING AT SAID HOUSING, SAID HOUSING COMPRISING AN ANNULAR INLET FOR SAID MANIFOLD GASES ARRANGED IN SUBSTANTIAL PERPENDICULAR AND SURROUNDING RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO SAID AXIS FOR DISCHARGING GASES ONTO SAID ROTOR AND CONTROL MEANS FOR PREVENTING OVERSPEEDING OF SAID ROTOR, SAID CONTROL MEANS COMPRISING AN ANNULAR PARTITION IN SAID HOUSING ARRANGED TO EXTEND IN A SUBSTANTIAL RADIAL DIRECTION FROM AND IN SURROUNDING RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO SAID AXIS TO DIVIDE SAID INLET INTO FIRST AND SECOND ANNULAR COMPARTMENTS, SAID FIRST COMPARTMENT ARRANGED IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATING RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID MANIFOLD, A WALL MEMBER ARRANGED IN SAID MANIFOLD TO FORM A CHAMBER THEREIN IN COMMUNICATING RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID SECOND COMPARTMENT, MEANS FORMING AN OPENING IN SAID WALL MEMBER AT A LOCATION SPACED FROM THE CONNECTION OF SAID FIRST COMPARTMENT AND THE INLET TOWARD SOME OF THE CYLINDER OUTLETS IN CONNECTION WITH SAID MANIFOLD, AND VALVE MEANS FOR OPENING OR CLOSING SAID OPENING FOR EITHER PERMITTING GASES IN SAID MANIFOLD TO FLOW THROUGH SAID FIRST COMPARTMENT OR THROUGH SAID FIRST AND SECOND COMPARTMENTS.