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US 10,119,411 B2Granted
Exhaust-gas turbocharger
AssigneeBorgWarner Inc.
InventorsAleksandra Dimova, Thomas Lischer
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Abstract
An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1) comprising a housing (2), a turbine wheel (5) with blades (6), a compressor wheel (4) with blades (6), and a shaft (3) which is mounted in the housing (2) and which connects the turbine wheel (5) and compressor wheel (4), wherein, in a gap (7) between the housing (2) and at least one blade (6), a contactless labyrinth seal (8) is formed on the blade (6) and on the housing (2), wherein the labyrinth seal (8) comprises at least one combination of a groove (13) and a projection (14).
Claims10
An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1) comprising:
- a housing (2),
- a turbine wheel (5) with blades (6) adapted for receiving air radially and discharging air axially,
- a compressor wheel (4) with blades (6) adapted to drawing air in axially and discharging air radially, and
- a shaft (3) which is mounted in the housing (2) and which connects the turbine wheel (5) and compressor wheel (4),
- wherein,
- in a gap (7) between the housing (2) and at least one blade (6), a contactless labyrinth seal (8) is formed on the blade (6) and on the housing (2), wherein the labyrinth seal (8) comprises at least one combination of a groove (13) and a projection (14).
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