# US 10,119,417 B2 · Turbine-end bearing support and cooling system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,119,417 B2 - Document ID: US10119417B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/898,483 - Filed: 2014-06-25 - Published: 2016-05-12 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2013-07-01 - Assignees: BorgWarner Inc. - Applicants: BorgWarner Inc. - Inventors: Michael Bucking - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10119417B2 ## CPC - F01D 25/162: {Bearing supports} - F01D 25/16: Arrangement of bearings; Supporting or mounting bearings in casings (bearings per se F16C) - F01D 25/18: Lubricating arrangements (of machines or engines in general F01M) - F01D 25/24: Casings (modified for heating or cooling F01D25/14); Casing parts, e.g. diaphragms, casing fastenings (casings for rotary machines or engines in general F16M {; special arrangements in stators dealing with breaking-off of part of rotor F01D21/045}) - F02C 7/06: Arrangements of bearings (bearings F16C); Lubricating ({of turbo machines F01D25/18; of machines or} engines in general F01M) - F05D 2220/40: in turbochargers - F05D 2240/24: for turbines - F05D 2240/54: Radial bearings - F05D 2240/60: Shafts - F16C 35/02: in the case of sliding-contact bearings - F16C 2360/24: Turbochargers - F01D: NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES (machines or engines for liquids F03; non-positive displacement pumps F04D) - F02C: GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS (construction of turbines F01D; jet-propulsion plants F02K; construction of compressors or fans F04; generating combustion products of high pressure or high velocity F23R; using gas turbines in compression refrigeration plants F25B11/00) - F05D: INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS - F16C: SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS ## Abstract A turbocharger (300) having a rotatable shaft (312) passing through a bearing housing (303) with a turbine-end bearing support (580) with a support bar (600). A turbine-end bearing support (580) may include the support bar (600) with radial supports (610) and (620) connected to each opposite side (492) and (494) of cavity (496) of the bearing housing (303) wherein oil can flow in recesses (640) and (650) above the radial supports (610) and (620). Each radial support (610) and (620) of the support bar (600) is preferably integrated in the corresponding side (492) and (494). A turbine-end bearing support (580) may also include the support bar (600) with a rod portion (622) forming a bottom tie support bar (612) that supports the bottoms of both bearing supports (490) and (580), which are top-supported by the bearing housing (303). Each support bar (600) is preferably integral with the bearing support (580). ## Claims ### Claim 1 A turbocharger (300) having a rotatable shaft (312) passing through a bearing housing (303), the bearing housing having a turbine end and a compressor end and comprising: a turbine-end bearing support (580) for supporting a journal bearing of the rotatable shaft (312) in the bearing housing (303), the turbine-end bearing support including a support bar (600) having radial supports (610, 620) extending from the turbine-end bearing support (580) and connected respectively to opposite sides (492, 494) in a cavity (496) of the bearing housing (303) wherein oil can flow in recesses (640, 650) of the cavity (496) above the radial supports (610, 620) adjacent to the bearing support (580). ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The turbocharger of claim 1 wherein the support bar (600) is integral with the turbine-end bearing support (580) and the radial supports (610, 620) of the support bar (600) are each integral with the respective side (492, 494). ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The turbocharger of claim 1 further comprising a compressor-end bearing support (490) for a compressor-end journal bearing (316) wherein the turbine-end bearing support (580) supports a turbine-end journal bearing (320) in the bearing housing (303). ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The turbocharger of claim 1 wherein a portion of the support bar (600) with its radial supports (610, 620) forms a substantially planar portion (630) above a portion of the cavity (496). ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The turbocharger of claim 1 wherein a cavity portion (606) in the bearing housing (303) extends above the turbine-end bearing support (580). ### Claim 6 A turbocharger (300) having a rotatable shaft (312) passing through a bearing housing (303) (303), the bearing housing having a turbine end and a compressor end and comprising: a turbine-end journal bearing support (580) supporting a turbine end journal bearing (320) for the rotatable shaft (312) in the bearing housing (303) with a support bar (600) having radial supports (610, 620) integral with opposite sides (492, 494) of a cavity (496) of the bearing housing (303) wherein oil can flow in recesses (640, 650) above the radial supports (610, 620) adjacent to the journal bearing support (580), and a compressor-end journal bearing support (490) supporting a compressor-end journal bearing (316) for the rotatable shaft (312). ### Claim 7 A turbocharger (300) having a rotatable shaft (312) passing through a bearing housing (303), the bearing housing having a turbine end and a compressor end and comprising: a turbine-end bearing support (580) for supporting a journal bearing of the rotatable shaft (312) in the bearing housing (303), the turbine-end bearing support including a support bar (600) having radial supports (610, 620) extending from the turbine-end bearing support (580) and connected respectively to opposite sides (492, 494) in a cavity (496) of the bearing housing (303) or rod portion (622) integral with and extending from a distal end of the turbine-end bearing support (580) extending from the bearing housing (303). ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The turbocharger (300) of claim 7 wherein the support bar (600) has radial supports (610, 620) connected to each opposite sides (492, 494) in a cavity (496) of the bearing housing (303) wherein oil can flow in recesses (640, 650) of the cavity (496) above the radial supports (610, 620), wherein each radial support (610, 620) of the support bar (600) is integral with the corresponding side (492, 494). ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The turbocharger (300) of claim 7 wherein the rod portion (622) forms a bottom tie support bar (612) that supports a bottom of the turbine-end bearing support (580) and a bottom of another bearing support (490), and the bearing supports (580, 490) are also top-supported by the bearing housing (303). ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The turbocharger (300) of claim 9 wherein the rod portion (622) of the support bar (600) forms a substantially planar portion (630) above a portion of the cavity (496). ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The turbocharger of claim 7 wherein a cavity portion (606) in the bearing housing (303) extends above the turbine-end bearing support (580).