F16C2360/24

Turbocharger for an internal combustion engine

A turbocharger for an internal combustion engine, comprises a housing (2) with a compressor blade (3) on the air side, a shaft (1) driving the compressor blade (3), and at least one radially acting rotary bearing (5) for mounting the shaft (3), wherein the rotary bearing (5) is designed as a hydrodynamic sliding bearing, wherein a stationary bearing element (6) is penetrated by the shaft (1) and a first mounting is formed on one first side of the bearing element (6) and acts axially against a bearing collar (7) rotating with the shaft, wherein an oil supply (9) for supplying the mountings is designed in the bearing element (6), wherein a plurality of flow surfaces (10) with a height (h) varying in the circumferential direction is formed on one surface of the bearing element (6) facing the bearing collar (7) in the axial direction, wherein an individually dimensioned throttle element (11, 12) is designed in the oil supply (9) for each of the two mountings.

Bearing assembly for a charging apparatus

A bearing assembly for a charging apparatus. The bearing assembly comprises a bearing housing and a shaft. The bearing assembly further comprises a compressor-side bearing bushing and a turbine-side bearing bushing which together support the shaft inside a bearing bore of the bearing housing. The bearing assembly is configured to supply unequal amounts of lubricant to a compressor-side outer lubrication gap of the compressor-side bearing bushing and to a turbine-side outer lubrication gap of the turbine-side bearing bushing. The bearing assembly is further configured to supply unequal amounts of lubricant to a compressor-side inner lubrication gap of the compressor-side bearing bushing and to a turbine-side inner lubrication gap of the turbine-side bearing bushing.

Bearing cartridge assembly for a turbocharger
11473446 · 2022-10-18 · ·

A turbocharger assembly including a housing, a shaft, and turbine and compressor wheels mounted on opposite ends of the shaft. The shaft is rotatably supported within the housing by a bearing cartridge that includes turbine-side and compressor side ball-bearing assemblies that are longitudinally spaced by a spacer. There are two times as many rows of ball-bearings included in the turbine-side ball-bearing assembly compared to the compressor-side ball-bearing assembly. The spacer slides over and rotates with the shaft and has at least one flat. An optical sensor extends through the housing and an optical sensor opening in the bearing cartridge to prevent the bearing cartridge from rotating within the housing. The optical sensor detects rotational speed of the spacer by counting the number of times the flat(s) passes by the optical sensor during a pre-determined time interval.

Turbo fluid machine

A turbo fluid machine includes a rotary shaft configured to rotate in one rotational direction, and a radial foil bearing. The radial foil bearing includes: a bump foil formed of an elastic thin plate having a corrugated shape. The bump foil is divided into first and second foil portions located respectively on one side and on the other side in an axial direction of the rotary shaft. Ridges on the first foil portion are inclined in the other rotational direction of the rotary shaft while extending from an edge of the first foil portion adjacent to the other side toward the one side in the axial direction. The ridges on the second foil portion are inclined in the other rotational direction of the rotary shaft while extending from an edge of the second foil portion adjacent to the one side toward the other side in the axial direction.

BEARING HOUSING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE

There is disclosed a bearing housing for a turbocharger. The bearing housing comprises a body and a mounting flange. The body is configured to receive one or more bearings. The one or more bearings are configured to support rotation of a shaft about an axis. The mounting flange extends around the body. The mounting flange comprises a plurality of bores, a first face and a plurality of cavities. The plurality of bores configured to receive a fastener therethrough. The first face is configured to engage a corresponding mounting flange of a turbine housing. The plurality of cavities are in communication with the plurality of bores. The plurality of cavities are axially recessed relative to the first face.

PARALLEL BEARING AND ROTOR SYSTEM

A parallel bearing includes a rotary shaft bearing and a stator bearing, wherein the rotary shaft bearing is a contact bearing, and the rotary shaft bearing is sleeved on a rotary shaft; and the stator bearing is a non-contact bearing, the stator bearing is sleeved on the rotary shaft bearing, and a clearance is provided between the stator bearing and the rotary shaft bearing. The parallel bearing is cost-effective, reduces the relative rotational speed of each stage of bearing, breaks through the limitation of the theoretical DN factor and has the low dependency on the lubricating oil. In the rotor system having the parallel bearing, rotational speeds of multiple parallel bearings on the same rotary shaft can be adaptively adjusted to achieve the synchronous rotation, and thus the rotor system has the desired stability in high-speed operation.

Exhaust gas turbocharger having a hydrodynamic plain bearing or a hydrodynamic plain bearing

An exhaust gas turbocharger having a hydrodynamic plain bearing or a hydrodynamic plain bearing, comprising a rotor (10) and a counter-bearing part (50) assigned to the rotor (10), wherein a rotor bearing surface (17.1, 17.2, 17.3) of the rotor (10) and a counter-surface of the counter-bearing part (50) face each other to form a hydrodynamic plain bearing, wherein the rotor bearing surface and/or the counterface, when cut along and through the axis of rotation (R) in sectional view, form(s) a continuous bearing contour forming at least two contour sections (44.1 to 44.3; 53.1 to 53.3) to provide hydrodynamic load capacities in both radial and axial directions, and wherein the counter-bearing part (50) is mounted in a bearing housing (60) or housing part. In order to be able to provide such an exhaust gas turbocharger with a compact and efficient bearing arrangement having a hydrodynamic plain bearing, wherein at the same time the hydrodynamic plain bearing can be easily mounted with a small number of parts, provision is made according to the invention that in that a preferably circumferential gap area (57) for forming a trapped oil film is formed between an outer contour of the counter-bearing part (50) and the bearing housing (60) or the housing part, wherein the gap area (57) is spatially connected to a lubricant guide channel (61), and in that the gap area (57) and the continuous bearing contour of the rotor (10) and/or of the counter-bearing part (50) overlap at least sectionally in the direction of the axis of rotation (R).

BEARING ARRANGEMENT FOR A SHAFT IN A TURBOCOMPRESSOR
20230113619 · 2023-04-13 ·

The invention relates to a bearing arrangement for a shaft in a turbocompressor having at least one water-fed hydraulic bearing, which is configured to support for rotation an axle of the turbocompressor, wherein the water-fed hydraulic bearing encloses the shaft at a circumference of the shaft to form a bearing gap therebetween; and wherein the water-fed hydraulic bearing is configured to allow water to flow through the bearing gap to support the shaft hydraulically; and two seals, which are designed to seal the bearing gap against the shaft; and wherein gas from the turbocompressor is applied to the two seals outside the bearing gap to seal the bearing.

DEVICE FOR DISTRIBUTING OIL FROM A ROLLING BEARING FOR AN AIRCRAFT TURBINE ENGINE

Device for distributing oil from a rolling bearing (8) for an aircraft turbine engine, comprising: —a rolling bearing (8), —a body (5) for distributing oil, which body is configured to be mounted on a turbine engine shaft (4), said body comprising: i) a first outer cylindrical surface (5a) for mounting the inner ring (12) of the bearing, ii) a ring-shaped scoop (11) for recovering oil, iii) a ring-shaped track (26) of a dynamic seal (22), iv) a circuit (7) for lubricating the bearing and cooling the track, said circuit being formed in the body, characterised in that the ring-shaped scoop is the first scoop (11a) which supplies a first portion (7x) of the circuit with a view to cooling the track, and in that the body comprises a second ring-shaped scoop (11b) for recovering oil, which scoop supplies a second portion (7y) of the circuit with a view to lubricating the bearing.

AIR FOIL THRUST BEARING
20220316524 · 2022-10-06 ·

Provided is an air foil thrust bearing including a bump foil plate in which a plurality of bump foils are formed and an arrest ring protrudes in a thickness direction; and a top foil plate in which a plurality of top foils are formed, a through-hole penetrating through both sides of a second plate is formed in a position corresponding to the arrest ring, the top foil plate being stacked on the bump foil plate, wherein the arrest ring is inserted into and penetrates through the through-hole, the arrest ring is bent toward the top foil plate so that the second plate is caught in the arrest ring, and a time for a thrust runner to rise from the top foil at an early stage of starting a rotor as the arrest ring is spaced apart from the second plate.