Fabricated Turbine Housing
OwnerRobert Arthur Phillips, JR., Michael Paul Schmidt +1inventors
InventorsRobert Arthur Phillips, JR., Michael Paul Schmidt, Michael Blackie
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Abstract
A turbine housing is provided. The turbine housing includes a tongue diverter to manage the interaction between exhaust gases entering the inlet of the housing and gasses flowing within the housing. The tongue member may also be arranged to produce a constant ratio throughout the turbine housing between the cross-sectional area of fluid passages and the distance between the centroid of that area and the axis of rotation of the turbine. The housing may comprise a pair of half shells that each form a portion of the tongue diverter.
Claims20
A turbine housing comprising:
- a housing having a top portion and a bottom portion;
- a turbine positioned within said housing;
- an inlet at an outer end of said housing;
- and
- a tongue diverter positioned adjacent to said inlet, wherein said tongue diverter is formed by an engagement between said top portion and said bottom portion.
A turbine housing comprising
- a first half shell having a recessed portion;
- a second half shell connected to said first half shell to form a housing;
- an inlet at an outer end of said housing;
- and
- a tongue diverter positioned adjacent to said inlet, wherein said tongue diverter is formed by an engagement between said recessed portion said second half shell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.