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US 10,767,764 B2Granted
Turbocharger
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorManfred Fraenk
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Abstract
A turbocharger for a motor vehicle has a housing and a valve seat in the housing. The valve seat is retained in an interlocking manner in the housing by at least one elastic securing element.
Claims12
A turbocharger for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a housing;
- a valve seat arranged in the housing;
- and
- at least one elastic securing element by which the valve seat is held in the housing in an interlocking connection.
1 more element
A method of manufacturing a turbocharger having a housing and a valve seat arranged in the housing, the method comprising the acts of:
- providing the valve seat with an elastic securing element, the elastic securing element being tensioned for connecting the valve seat and the housing;
- introducing the valve seat having the tensioned elastic securing element into the housing, wherein the elastic securing element at least partly relaxes the tension as soon as the valve seat reaches an end installation position in the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.