Supercharging pressure control device for turbocharged internal combustion engines

Claim 1

A supercharging pressure control device for a mixture-compressing internal combustion engine having an exhaust gas turbocharger operable in response to actuation of a throttle valve, comprising: a bypass valve and a bypass conduit for the exhaust gas turbocharger, the bypass valve being disposed in the bypass conduit, a regulating unit for the bypass valve operably responsive in opening and closing directions to intake pressure in an intake arrangement for the engine and supercharging pressure from the exhaust gas turbocharger, respectively, a diaphragm separating the regulating unit into two chambers and being operable as a drive element in the regulating unit, a first chamber of said regulating unit being directly responsive to supercharged air passing through a first control conduit connected to said exhaust gas turbocharger upstream of said throttle valve and a second chamber of said regulating unit including a closing spring and being connected to the intake arrangement downstream of the throttle valve by an actuator and a second control conduit, the actuator including a pressure limiting valve limiting pressure in the second chamber to a predetermined reference pressure.