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US 2015/0176593 A1Published application
Turbocharger with lubricant deflector
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsSunil Dayalan, Zachariah Poomkuzhimanni John, Kiran Pithamber, Prithivi Karthikeyan, Giorgio Figura, Maltesh Kolur
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Abstract
A turbocharger assembly can include a center housing that includes a compressor side, a turbine side, a bore that extends between the compressor side and the turbine side and a socket at the compressor side; a journal bearing disposed in the bore; and a lubricant deflector disposed at least partially in the socket. Various other examples of devices, assemblies, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
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A turbocharger assembly comprising:
- a center housing that comprises a compressor side, a turbine side, a bore that extends between the compressor side and the turbine side and a socket at the compressor side;
- a journal bearing disposed in the bore;
- and
- a lubricant deflector disposed at least partially in the socket.
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A method comprising:
- providing a cavity between a deflector and a compressor side of a center housing of a turbocharger, the turbocharger having a shaft supported by journal bearing disposed in a bore of the center housing;
- directing pressurized lubricant to an inlet of the center housing;
- flowing the lubricant to the journal bearing for lubricating an annular clearance between the shaft and the journal bearing;
- capturing within the cavity lubricant exiting a compressor side of the annular clearance;
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- directing lubricant from the cavity towards a lubricant drain of a lubricant drainage cavity of the center housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.