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Turbocharger
Assignee: Kloeckner Humboldt Deutz AG
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Filing: 1984-01-24
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Granted: 1986-01-21
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Expires: 2004-01-24
Abstract
Abstract A turbocharger for an internal combustion engine has a turbine casing including an inlet opening from which radially internally and radially external spiral paths extend. These spiral paths have a common partition, and the exhaust gas inlet cross-section of the turbine casing can be varied by a control element for the purpose of adapting the characteristic curve of the turbocharger to different operating ranges of the internal combustion engine. And, the spiral paths are in hydrodynamic communication through orifice areas provided in the partition, with such orifice areas being spaced an equal distance from one another in the direction of flow of the exhaust gas, and the spiral paths extend substantially over the entire peripheral area of the turbine wheel.
Inventors
- 👤 Wilfried Schneider
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 21:59
CPC Classifications
F; F01; F01D; F01D9/00; F01D9/02; F01D9/026; F01D17/00; F01D17/10; F01D17/12; F01D17/14; F01D17/146
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
192 words
An exhaust-driven turbo-supercharger for an internal combustion engine, comprising a turbine wheel and a turbine casing surrounding said wheel, said casing having an inflow opening and an outflow opening for the flow of exhaust gases of the engine, said casing having at the inflow side thereof means substantially concentric with the axis of the turbine wheel defining a radially internal spiral path and a radially external spiral path, said paths having inlets opening into said inflow opening of the exhaust-driven turbo-supercharger, a control element for varying the cross-section of said inlet of said radially external path, said means comprising a common partition wall rigidly mounted to said casing, said wall extending about the entire circumferential area of said turbine wheel, the flow cross-section of said radially external path decreasing in the direction of flow of the exhaust, said partition wall in the direction of exhaust flow having a plurality of orifice areas located one behind the other for interconnecting the flow between said internal and external paths, and said orifice areas being spaced apart an equal angular distance from one another in the exhaust flow direction relative to said turbine wheel axis.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
192 words
An exhaust-driven turbo-supercharger for an internal combustion engine, comprising a turbine wheel and a turbine casing surrounding said wheel, said casing having an inflow opening and an outflow opening for the flow of exhaust gases of the engine, said casing having at the inflow side thereof means substantially concentric with the axis of the turbine wheel defining a radially internal spiral path and a radially external spiral path, said paths having inlets opening into said inflow opening of the exhaust-driven turbo-supercharger, a control element for varying the cross-section of said inlet of said radially external path, said means comprising a common partition wall rigidly mounted to said casing, said wall extending about the entire circumferential area of said turbine wheel, the flow cross-section of said radially external path decreasing in the direction of flow of the exhaust, said partition wall in the direction of exhaust flow having a plurality of orifice areas located one behind the other for interconnecting the flow between said internal and external paths, and said orifice areas being spaced apart an equal angular distance from one another in the exhaust flow direction relative to said turbine wheel axis.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
The turbocharger according to claim 1, wherein said partition comprises a plurality of separate wall segments which are radially offset in the flow direction for thereby defining said orifice areas.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
The turbocharger according to claim 1, wherein said partition is spaced from an outer wall of said casing for establishing a constant flow area of said radially external spiral path between adjacent pairs of said orifice areas.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
The turbocharger according to claim 2, wherein said wall segments are each spaced a constant distance from an outer wall of said casing for establishing a constant flow area of said radially external spiral path between adjacent pairs of said orifice areas.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
The turbocharger according to claim 1, wherein said control element comprises a rotary valve for controlling the exhaust gas flowing through said radially external spiral path.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
The turbocharger according to claim 1, wherein said casing includes a divider wall lying perpendicular to said turbine wheel axis for dividing each of said flow paths into a pair of ducts.
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