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US 11,692,461 B2Granted
Drainage structure and turbocharger
AssigneeIHI Corporation
InventorRyota Sakisaka
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Abstract
A drainage structure includes: a main body including an intake flow path; a compressor impeller disposed in the intake flow path; an accommodation chamber formed in the main body at a position upstream of the compressor impeller in a flow of an intake air; a movable member disposed in the accommodation chamber; and a connecting passage connected to the accommodation chamber.
Claims5
A drainage structure comprising:
- a main body including an intake flow path;
- a compressor impeller disposed in the intake flow path;
- an accommodation chamber formed in the main body at a position upstream of the compressor impeller in a flow of an intake air;
- a movable member disposed in the accommodation chamber, the movable member being movable to a throttle position where the movable member protrudes into the intake flow path and to a retracted position where the movable member does not protrude into the intake flow path;
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- a connecting passage connected to the accommodation chamber,
- wherein the connecting passage fluidly communicates with the intake flow path at a position of the intake flow path upstream of the accommodation chamber, and wherein the connecting passage comprises an outlet, and a position of the outlet is vertically below a position of the connecting passage connected to the accommodation chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.