F01D17/141

VARIABLE-FLOW-RATE VALVE MECHANISM AND TURBOCHARGER
20210040882 · 2021-02-11 · ·

A clearance between an inner peripheral surface of an attachment hole of an attachment tongue and an outer peripheral surface of a valve shaft is set to be smaller than an allowable displacement amount in an axial direction of a valve with respect to the attachment tongue. When a condition is satisfied in which the outer peripheral surface of the valve shaft comes into contact with a front-side periphery and a back-side periphery of the attachment hole of the attachment tongue, and in which a top surface of a valve body comes into contact with a back surface of the attachment tongue, a waste gate valve is constituted so that a metal washer becomes non-contact with a front surface of the attachment tongue.

Passive flow modulation of cooling flow into a cavity

A passive flow modulation device according to an embodiment includes: a pressure sensitive main valve controlling a flow of a cooling fluid from a first area to a second area through an orifice; and a temperature sensitive pilot valve coupled to the pressure sensitive main valve, the temperature sensitive pilot valve configured to open at a predetermined temperature in the first area, causing a pressurization of the pressure sensitive main valve, wherein the pressurization of the pressure sensitive main valve actuates the pressure sensitive main valve to an open position, allowing the cooling fluid to flow from the first area to the second area through the orifice.

Control of combustion engine shut down

The abrupt cessation or run-away of a combustion engine may damage the combustion engine and pose a safety hazard to the surrounding environment. The combustion engine operational mode may be controlled, regulated or maintained by regulating the combustion mixture of the combustion engine. The oxidizer flow, a material or both of the combustion mixture may be regulate to create or form a combustion material that is outside a combustible range such that the combustion engine is placed or maintained in a spin-down operational mode. The material added to the combustion mixture may include a combustible, non-combustible, oxidizer, or exhaust material. A brake may also provide a secondary mechanism to maintain or place the combustion engine in a spin-down mode.

Turbocharger with variable-nozzle cartridge, including resilient heat shield assembly to locate the cartridge axially

A turbocharger includes a variable-nozzle cartridge having a nozzle ring that supports an array of variable vanes in the turbine nozzle. A heat shroud and spring assembly is disposed in a space bounded between the turbine wheel, the nozzle ring, and the center bearing housing of the turbocharger. The heat shroud and spring assembly includes discretely formed heat shroud and spring components configured as annular non-planar disk-shaped parts. The heat shroud and spring are in contact with each other at their radially inner and radially outer peripheral regions, but are spaced apart between those peripheral regions, thereby creating a sealed-off dead space between them. The dead space can significantly reduce the maximum temperature of the spring, relative to arrangements having a single shroud or having dual shrouds with no dead space between them.

Turbomachine with device for cooling and pressurising a turbine

A turbo machine including a device for ventilating and pressurising a turbine rotor of a turbomachine having an axis, the device including at least one collection pipe suitable for collecting a fraction of the air circulating in a high-pressure compressor of the turbomachine and conveying it to a first inner chamber inside the turbomachine that communicates with a second inner chamber delimited by the turbine rotor, the first and second chambers being at least partially separated by a stationary shroud having the axis, wherein it includes at least one injector passing through the stationary shroud and having a cross-section that varies in response to a pressure difference between the first and second chambers.

VARIABLE GEOMETRY TURBOCHARGER
20210033002 · 2021-02-04 ·

A variable geometry turbocharger (VGT) is provided. The VGT includes a unison ring that rotates a plurality of vanes disposed in a nozzle ring and a sagging prevention mechanism. The sagging prevention mechanism is installed to support the unison ring in a direction opposite to a direction in which a self-weight of the unison ring acts. In particular, the sagging prevention mechanism includes a support pulley that is installed to provide an elastic pressure on an outer circumferential surface of the unison ring in rolling contact therewith.

Compressor for a charging device of an internal combustion engine and charging device for an internal combustion engine

A compressor is disclosed for a charging device of an internal combustion engine. An iris diaphragm mechanism is arranged upstream of the compressor wheel. An actuator is mechanically coupled to an adjusting ring of the iris diaphragm mechanism for transmitting torque of an actuator shaft to the adjusting ring for rotating the adjusting ring. A pivotable coupling pin is arranged eccentrically on the actuator shaft and has a bearing bush which is displaceable along a longitudinal axis of the coupling pin. The bearing bush is mounted between two fingers of an adjusting lever of the adjusting ring so as to be displaceable along the fingers. An outer contact surface of the bearing bush is spherical. Inner contact surfaces of the two fingers are cylindrical to correspond to the spherical outer contact surface of the bearing bush and are in sliding contact with the outer contact surface of the bearing bush.

LINEAR ELECTRIC AIR VALVE

A valve assembly for a turbine engine includes a valve arranged in an air flow path. The valve has a shaft. The valve is movable between an open position and a closed position. An electric actuator is coupled to the shaft and is configured to move the valve between the open position and the closed position. A thermal barrier is arranged between the valve and the electric actuator.

GAS TURBINE ENGINE BLEED VALVE DAMPING GUIDE LINK
20200386115 · 2020-12-10 ·

A damping link assembly for a bleed valve of a gas turbine engine. The damping link assembly having: a bleed valve ring having a link aperture; a mechanical fastener disposed in the link aperture; and a damping guide link operatively coupled to the mechanical fastener at one end for rotation about a first axis of the mechanical fastener and the damping guide link being operatively coupled to an idler bracket at an opposite end for rotation about a second axis, the damping guide link being capable of twisting about a third axis different from the first axis and the second axis when the bleed valve ring is rotated from a first position to a second position.

Variable-flow-rate valve mechanism and turbocharger
10851703 · 2020-12-01 · ·

A clearance between an inner peripheral surface of an attachment hole of an attachment tongue and an outer peripheral surface of a valve shaft is set to be smaller than an allowable displacement amount in an axial direction of a valve with respect to the attachment tongue. When a condition is satisfied in which the outer peripheral surface of the valve shaft comes into contact with a front-side periphery and a back-side periphery of the attachment hole of the attachment tongue, and in which a top surface of a valve body comes into contact with a back surface of the attachment tongue, a waste gate valve is constituted so that a metal washer becomes non-contact with a front surface of the attachment tongue.