Variable displacement exhaust turbocharger equipped with variable nozzle mechanism

• US 9,784,178 B2
• Filed: 09/05/2012
• 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): Davis, Jason
• Application Number:
  US14/232,346
• Publication Number:
  US 20140147254A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,861 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: F01D 9/045 for radial flow machines or engines
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 37/12 Control of the pumps
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 37/24 by using pumps or turbines with adjustable guide vanes
• CPC Class Codes: F02C 6/12 Turbochargers, i.e. plants for augmenting mechanical power output of internal-combustion piston engines by increase of charge pressure
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2220/40 in turbochargers
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2240/128 Nozzles

Abstract

A variable displacement exhaust turbocharger is provided with a plurality of nozzle vanes that are rotatably supported by a nozzle mount, a drive ring that is interlocked with an actuator and fits to a guide part of the nozzle mount, a lever plate having one end coupled to the drive ring and the other end coupled to the nozzle vane, and a variable nozzle mechanism that varies the vane angle of the nozzle vane by rotating the drive ring. A bulge suppressing portion is provided for absorbing bulging occurring on an outer peripheral surface of the guide part, the bulging being caused by the press-fitting of a nail pin into a press-fitting hole in a direction slightly toward the rotational axis with respect to the guide section and following the axial direction of the nozzle mount.

Claims

1. A variable displacement exhaust turbocharger which is equipped with a variable nozzle mechanism and is driven by exhaust gas from an engine, the variable displacement exhaust turbocharger comprising:

a plurality of nozzle vanes supported rotatably by a nozzle mount which is fixed to a case including a turbine casing of the variable displacement exhaust turbocharger;

a drive ring which is interlocked with an actuator and is fitted to an annular guide part protruding from a center part of the nozzle mount in an axial direction;

a plurality of lever plates each of which is fitted to a groove formed in the drive ring at one end via a connection pin and is connected to the nozzle vane at the other end;

the variable nozzle mechanism configured to swing the plurality of lever plates by rotation of the drive ring so as to change a vane angle of the plurality of nozzle vanes;

a press-fitting pin which is press-fit to a side of the nozzle mount at a position closer to a rotation axis than the annular guide part, and

a relief provided in a section of connection between a protruding portion on a side face of the nozzle mount and the annular guide part,

wherein a bulge suppressing portion is provided in at least one of the press-fitting pin or a press-fitting hole formed in the axial direction of the nozzle mount so as to absorb and suppress a bulge of an outer peripheral surface of the annular guide part generated when the press-fitting pin is press-fit in the press-fitting hole, and

wherein the press-fitting pin includes a flange for retaining an inner peripheral part of the drive ring to prevent inner peripheral part of the drive ring from coming off from the annular guide part, a radial direction in which the flange extends to another peripheral part of an end surface of the annular guide part is a thrust direction so as to secure a clearance.

2. The variable displacement exhaust turbocharger equipped with a variable nozzle mechanism according to claim 1,

wherein a depth of the press-fitting hole is greater than a thickness of the annular guide part in the axial direction, and the bulge suppressing portion includes an enlarged diameter part which is formed in the press-fitting hole in such a manner that a hole diameter of the press-fitting hole is larger than an outer diameter of the press-fitting pin from an insertion opening to a depth corresponding to a height of the annular guide part in an axial direction of the annular guide part.

3. The variable displacement exhaust turbocharger equipped with a variable nozzle mechanism according to claim 2,

wherein the press-fitting pin is a stopper pin which is configured to restrict an opening degree of the nozzle vane by contacting a side face of the lever plate.

4. The variable displacement exhaust turbocharger equipped with a variable nozzle mechanism according to claim 2,

wherein the press-fitting pin is a lock pin for positioning between the bearing housing and the nozzle mount.

5. The variable displacement exhaust turbocharger equipped with a variable nozzle mechanism according to claim 1,

wherein a depth of the press-fitting hole is greater than a thickness of the annular guide part in the axial direction, and the bulge suppressing portion includes a reduced diameter part which is formed in the press-fitting pin in such a manner that an outer peripheral part of the press-fitting pin is smaller than a diameter of the press-fitting hole at least in a range corresponding to the thickness of the annular guide part in the axial direction from a base part toward a tip part of the press-fitting pin.

6. The variable displacement exhaust turbocharger equipped with a variable nozzle mechanism according to claim 1,

wherein the bulge suppressing portion includes a notch which is formed along an axial direction of the press-fitting pin in such a manner that the notch is on a side nearer to the outer peripheral surface of the annular guide part.

7. The variable displacement exhaust turbocharger equipped with a variable nozzle mechanism according to claim 1,

wherein the bulge suppressing portion comprises a cylindrical spring pin which has a C-shaped cross-section and is press-fitted into the press-fitting hole, and a pin which is press-fitted into an inner cylindrical part of the cylindrical spring pin.

8. The variable displacement exhaust turbocharger equipped with a variable nozzle mechanism according to claim 1,

wherein the bulge suppressing portion is a cutout portion of the outer peripheral surface of the guide part which is cut out in advance in an amount equivalent to a bulge amount.

9. The variable displacement exhaust turbocharger equipped with a variable nozzle mechanism according to claim 1,

wherein the protruding portion is formed on an outer circumferential side of the relief of the side face and constitutes a constant face where a radial direction side face of the driving ring contacts.