Variable capacity exhaust gas turbocharger

• US 9,151,218 B2
• Filed: 09/25/2009
• Issued: 10/06/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine & Turbocharger, Ltd. (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
• Inventors: Ebisu, Motoki
• Primary Examiner(s): Trieu, Thai Ba
• Application Number:
  US13/146,668
• Publication Number:
  US 20110296835A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,202 Days
• Field of Search: 606/02, 415/164, 415/151, 415/123, 415/205
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 37/025 Multiple scrolls or multiple gas passages guiding the gas to the pump drive
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 37/22 by varying cross-section of exhaust passages or air passages , e.g. by throttling turbine inlets or outlets or by varying effective number of guide conduits F02B37/24 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/12 Improving ICE efficiencies

Abstract

A variable capacity exhaust gas turbocharger having a small thermal capacity and enabling the structure to be simplified. A exhaust gas inlet hardware (13) having an exhaust gas inlet body (11) in which an inner side flow passage (U1) communicating with an inner scroll passage (T1) and an outer side flow passage (U2) communicating with an outer scroll flow passage (T2) are formed and a flap valve (12) for opening and closing the outer side flow passage (U2) are formed at the exhaust gas inlet part of a turbine housing body (14) in which the inner scroll passage (T1) and the outer scroll flow passage (T2) are formed. A valve recess (11a) for disposing the flap valve (12) along the outer side flow passage (U2) and a seat (11b) for the flap valve for closing the outer side flow passage (U2) are formed in the exhaust gas inlet body (11). The flap valve (12) is rotatable about a rotating center positioned in the storage space of the valve recess (11a) between the position of the flap valve in contact with the seat (11b) and the position of the flap valve stored in the valve recess (11a).

Claims

1. A variable capacity exhaust gas turbocharger comprising:

a turbine housing in which exhaust gas emitted from an internal combustion engine is guided;

a turbine wheel provided in the turbine housing, the turbine wheel being rotated by the exhaust gas;

an inner scroll passage and an outer scroll passage formed in the turbine housing for dividing a flow of the exhaust gas for rotating the turbine wheel into an inner flow and an outer flow;

a flow rate control valve provided in the turbine housing for controlling a flow rate of the exhaust gas that enters the inner scroll passage and a flow rate of the exhaust gas that enters the outer scroll passage; and

a compressor housing connected to the turbine housing via a bearing housing unit;

wherein the flow rate control valve is a flap valve, and

the variable capacity exhaust gas turbocharger further comprises;

an exhaust gas inlet component provided at an exhaust gas inlet part of a turbine housing body inside of which the inner scroll passage and the outer scroll passage are formed, the exhaust gas inlet component comprising;

an exhaust gas inlet duct into which the exhaust gas streams; and

the flap valve provided to the exhaust gas inlet duct;

wherein the gas inlet side of the turbine housing body is provided with a partition wall for separating between the inner scroll passage and the outer scroll passage,

a seat on which the flap valve sits is formed on an end part of the partition wall at the side of the exhaust gas inlet part, and

the flap valve rotationally moves between a position where the flap valve is in contact with the seat and a position where the flap valve is placed along the gas flow direction,

further wherein when the flap valve is placed along the gas flow direction, the flap valve moves into a space outside of an area that is formed by the extension of the exhaust gas inlet duct so that the flap valve does not hinder the exhaust gas flow, and

wherein the exhaust gas inlet duct is inserted in an exhaust gas inlet part of the turbine housing body, thereby forming a double tube structure.

2. The variable capacity exhaust gas turbocharger according to claim 1, wherein the exhaust gas inlet duct is made of metal sheets.

3. The variable capacity exhaust gas turbocharger according to claim 1, wherein the flap valve has surface contact with the seat located on the partition wall when the flap valve sits on the seat.

4. A variable capacity exhaust gas turbocharger comprising:

a turbine housing in which exhaust gas emitted from an internal combustion engine is guided;

a turbine wheel provided in the turbine housing, the turbine wheel being rotated by the exhaust gas;

an inner scroll passage and an outer scroll passage formed in the turbine housing for dividing a flow of the exhaust gas for rotating the turbine wheel into an inner flow and an outer flow;

a flow rate control valve provided in the turbine housing for controlling a flow rate of the exhaust gas that enters the inner scroll passage and a flow rate of the exhaust gas that enters the outer scroll passage; and

a compressor housing connected to the turbine housing via a bearing housing unit;

wherein the flow rate control valve is a butterfly valve,

the butterfly valve is provided at the exhaust gas inlet part of the turbine housing body inside of which the inner scroll passage and the outer scroll passage are formed,

the exhaust gas inlet part of the turbine housing body is provided with a partition wall for separating between the inner scroll passage and the outer scroll passage,

a seat on which the butterfly valve sits is formed on an end part of the partition wall at the side of the exhaust gas inlet part, and

the butterfly valve rotationally moves between a position where the butterfly valve sits on the seat and a position where the butterfly valve is placed along the gas flow direction,

wherein the variable capacity exhaust gas turbocharger further comprising

a flange part formed at the exhaust gas inlet part of the turbine housing body; and

a second seat for the butterfly valve to sit thereon is formed at an inner periphery side of the flange part on an exhaust gas passage inner-wall of the exhaust gas inlet part of the turbine housing body.

5. The variable capacity exhaust gas turbocharger according to claim 4, wherein the butterfly valve is configured to be installed from the exhaust gas inlet part of the turbine housing body.

6. The variable capacity exhaust gas turbocharger according to claim 5, wherein

the butterfly valve slopes so that the exhaust gas smoothly streams into the inner scroll passage when the butterfly valve sits on the seat on the partition wall.

7. The variable capacity exhaust gas turbocharger according to claim 4, wherein the butterfly valve has surface contact with the seat located on the partition wall when the butterfly valve sits on the seat.