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US 11,078,830 B2Granted
Multi-stage turbocharger
AssigneeIHI Corporation
InventorsKiyomichi Ichikawa, Yoshimitsu Matsuyama, Munehiro Yoshida
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Abstract
A multi-stage turbocharger includes a turbine housing including a first sub-housing that has a first turbine-wheel chamber and a second sub-housing that has a second turbine-wheel chamber arranged in series to the first turbine-wheel chamber, a first compressor housing coupled to the turbine housing via a first bearing housing, and a second compressor housing coupled to the turbine housing via a second bearing housing. The first sub-housing and the second sub-housing are formed integrally with each other.
Claims6
A multi-stage turbocharger comprising:
- a turbine housing including a first sub-housing that has a first turbine-wheel chamber and a second sub-housing that has a second turbine-wheel chamber arranged in series to the first turbine-wheel chamber;
- a first compressor housing coupled to the turbine housing via a first bearing housing;
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- a second compressor housing coupled to the turbine housing via a second bearing housing, wherein
- the first sub-housing and the second sub-housing are formed integrally with each other,
- the first sub-housing and the second sub-housing are connected to and are separated from each other via a second intake passage,
- the turbine housing includes
- a first intake passage and a first exhaust passage that communicate with the first turbine-wheel chamber and the second intake passage, and
- a second exhaust passage that communicates with the second turbine-wheel chamber,
- an intake side of the first intake passage, an intake side of the second intake passage, and a discharge side of the second exhaust passage are open toward a substantially same direction,
- the first sub-housing includes a first flange on which the intake side of the first intake passage and the intake side of the second intake passage are open, and
- the second sub-housing includes a second flange on which the discharge side of the second exhaust passage.
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