Turbocharger with separately formed vane lever stops

• US 8,328,520 B2
• Filed: 05/16/2007
• Issued: 12/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BorgWarner Incorporated
• Original Assignee: BorgWarner Incorporated
• Inventors: Boening, Ralf, Metz, Dietmar
• Primary Examiner(s): Toledo, Fernando L
• Assistant Examiner(s): HALL, VICTORIA KATHLEEN
• Application Number:
  US12/300,260
• Publication Number:
  US 20100014961A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,036 Days
• Field of Search: 415148-167
• US Class Current: 416/160
• CPC Class Codes: F01D 17/165 for radial flow, i.e. the vanes turning around axes which are essentially parallel to the rotor centre line F01D17/167 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2220/40 in turbochargers
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2230/54 by sheet metal manufacturing
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2230/61 using limited numbers of standard modules which can be adapted by machining
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2230/644 for adjusting the position or the alignment, e.g. wedges or eccenters
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2260/30 Retaining components in desired mutual position

Abstract

The invention relates to a turbocharger (1) having variable turbine geometry (VTG) having a turbine housing (2) with a supply duct (9) for exhaust gases; having a turbine rotor (4) which is rotatably mounted in the turbine housing (2); and having a guide grate (18) which surrounds the turbine rotor (4) radially at the outside, which guide grate (18) has a blade mounting ring (6) which has a plurality of guide blades (7) which in each case have a blade shaft (8) mounted in the blade mounting ring (6), which guide grate (18) has an adjusting ring (5) which is operatively connected to the guide blades (7) by means of associated blade levers (20) which are fastened to the blade shafts (8) at one of their ends, wherein each blade lever (20) has, at the other end, a lever head (23) which can be placed in engagement with an associated engagement recess (24) of the adjusting ring (5), and which guide grate (18) has a stop (25) at least for setting the minimum throughflow through the nozzle cross sections which are formed by the guide blades (7), wherein the stop (25) is embodied as a separate component which can be fixed in the guide grate (18).

Claims

1. A turbocharger with variable turbine geometry (VTG) comprising:

a turbine housing with a feed passage for exhaust gases;

a turbine rotor, which is rotatably mounted in the turbine housing; and

a guide vane cascade,

which encloses the turbine rotor radially on the outside,

which has a vane bearing ring,

which has a multiplicity of guide vanes, each of which has a vane shaft which is mounted in the vane bearing ring,

which has an adjusting ring which is in functional communication with the guide vanes via associated vane levers which are fastened by one of their ends on the vane shafts, wherein each vane lever on the other end has a lever head which can be brought into engagement with an associated engagement recess of the adjusting ring, the adjusting ring having an outer peripheral surface, a front face and an end face, the front face facing the vane bearing ring, the end face being opposite the front face and facing away from the vane bearing ring, and

which has a stop at least for adjustment of the minimum throughflow between adjacent guide vanes, the stop having an inner end and an outer end, the inner end facing an axis of rotation of the turbine rotor, the outer end being opposite the inner end and facing away from the axis of rotation of the turbine rotor, the stop having a stop body and a projection extending radially outwardly from the stop body,

wherein the stop is formed as a separate component which can be fixed in the guide vane cascade and

wherein the stop is fixed against rotation on the vane bearing ring and wherein a portion of the projection engages in a slot of the adjusting ring, and wherein at least a substantial portion of the stop body, the projection and the lever heads are located on the end face side of the adjusting ring.

2. The turbocharger as claimed in claim 1, wherein the stop is provided with an adjustment plate.

3. The turbocharger as claimed in claim 2, wherein the adjustment plate is formed as an exchangeable component which is variable in its dimensions and can be fixed on the stop.

4. The turbocharger as claimed in claim 1, wherein the minimum throughflow is adjusted by means of the positioning of vane shaft to vane lever.

6. The turbocharger as claimed in claim 1, further including a stop bridge that extends generally perpendicularly from a side face of the projection.

7. The turbocharger as claimed in claim 1, wherein the stop further includes an adjustment plate having a fixing plate fastened to the stop body and having a stop plate that extends generally parallel to a side face of the projection.

8. The turbocharger as claimed in claim 1, wherein the stop is asymmetrical.

5. A guide vane cascade for a turbocharger with variable turbine geometry (VTG), which encloses a turbine rotor of the turbocharger radially on the outside, comprising:

a vane bearing ring,

a multiplicity of guide vanes, each of which has a vane shaft which is mounted in the vane bearing ring,

an adjusting ring which is in functional communication with the guide vanes via associated vane levers which are fastened by one of their ends on the vane shafts (8), wherein each vane lever on the other end has a lever head which can be brought into engagement with an associated engagement recess of the adjusting ring, the adjusting ring having an outer peripheral surface, a front face and an end face, the front face facing the vane bearing ring, the end face being opposite the front face and facing away from the vane bearing ring, and

a stop at least for adjustment of the minimum throughflow between adjacent guide vanes, the stop having an inner end and an outer end, the inner end facing an axis of rotation of the turbine rotor, the outer end being opposite the inner end and facing away from the axis of rotation of the turbine rotor, the stop having a stop body and a projection extending radially outwardly from the stop body,

wherein the stop is formed as a separate component which can be fixed in the guide vane cascade and wherein the stop is fixed against rotation on the vane bearing ring and wherein a portion of the projection engages in a slot of the adjusting ring, and wherein at least a substantial portion of the stop body, the projection and the lever heads are located on the end face side of the adjusting ring.