Opening degree regulating structure for variable nozzle mechanism and variable displacement turbocharger

• US 9,784,119 B2
• Filed: 09/07/2012
• Issued: 10/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine & Turbocharger, Ltd. (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
• Inventors: Tashiro, Naoto, Jinnai, Yasuaki, Arimizu, Hiroyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Anderson, Gregory
• Assistant Examiner(s): Flores, Juan G
• Application Number:
  US14/232,515
• Publication Number:
  US 20140178181A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,859 Days
• 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: F02B 37/04 Engines with exhaust drive and other drive of pumps, e.g. with exhaust-driven pump and mechanically-driven second pump
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 37/24 by using pumps or turbines with adjustable guide vanes
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2220/40 in turbochargers
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2260/607 Preventing clogging or obstruction of flow paths by dirt, dust, or foreign particles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/12 Improving ICE efficiencies

Abstract

It is provided with: a variable nozzle mechanism section 23; an opening degree regulating member 43 for regulating an angle of a nozzle vane 19a by bringing an outer peripheral surface 41 of an inner cylinder of a bearing housing 13 to which a nozzle mount is affixed and an inner peripheral surface of a lever plate 33 into contact; and a discharge recess 47 for discharging soot which accumulates in the gap between an inner peripheral end portion of the lever plate 33, the nozzle mount 21, and the bearing housing 13 to the inner peripheral end portion of the lever plate 33.

Claims

1. An opening degree regulating structure for a variable nozzle mechanism, the structure comprising:

the variable nozzle mechanism which comprises;

a plurality of variable nozzle vanes arranged along a circumferential direction of a turbine and having nozzle shafts that are rotatably supported by a nozzle mount, the nozzle mount being fixed in a housing;

an annular nozzle drive member which is configured to be rotatable around an axis of the turbine by an actuator so as to rotate the nozzle shafts of the nozzle vanes; and

connecting members which are equal in number to the nozzle vanes, the connecting members connecting the nozzle shafts of the nozzle vanes to the nozzle drive member and being configured to be pivotable by the nozzle drive member so as to rotate the nozzle shafts;

an opening degree regulating part which is configured to regulate an opening angle of the nozzle vane by contacting an outer peripheral surface of an inner cylinder of the housing and an inner peripheral end surface of the connecting member to each other, when the connecting members rotate in a direction to fully open the nozzle vanes, the nozzle mount being fixed to the inner cylinder of the housing, the opening degree regulating part comprising a lower end protruding corner of the inner peripheral end surface of the connecting member; and

a discharge part formed in at least one of an inner peripheral end portion of the connecting member, the nozzle mount or the housing in a vicinity of the opening degree regulating part so as to discharge soot accumulating in a gap between the inner peripheral end portion of the connecting member and at least one of the nozzle mount and the housing.

2. The opening degree regulating structure for the variable nozzle mechanism, according to claim 1,

wherein the discharge part is constituted by a discharge recess formed in the inner peripheral end surface of the connecting member, the discharge recess being configured to discharge accumulated soot by the inner peripheral end surface of the connecting member at rotation of the connecting member in a direction of contacting the housing.

3. A variable displacement turbocharger comprising,

the opening degree regulating structure for the variable nozzle mechanism which is described in claim 2.