Turbocharger bearing assembly and method for providing the same
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsYaser Bastani, Walter Chandler
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Abstract
An integrated bearing assembly includes a thrust bearing disposed along a face of a turbocharger casing in a turbocharger and extending circumferentially around an axis of rotation of a rotor of the turbocharger, and a dual film journal bearing radially disposed between the rotor and the turbocharger casing. The journal bearing includes a shoulder step radially extending away from the rotor. The shoulder step of the journal bearing engages one or more of the thrust bearing or the turbocharger casing to prevent axial movement of the journal bearing relative to the one or more of the thrust bearing or the turbocharger casing.
Claims21
An integrated bearing assembly comprising:
- a thrust bearing disposed along a face of a turbocharger casing in a turbocharger and extending circumferentially around an axis of rotation of a rotor of the turbocharger;
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- a dual film journal bearing radially disposed between the rotor and the turbocharger casing, wherein the journal bearing includes a shoulder step radially extending away from the rotor, wherein the shoulder step of the journal bearing engages one or more of the thrust bearing or the turbocharger casing to prevent axial movement of the journal bearing relative to the one or more of the thrust bearing or the turbocharger casing.
An integrated bearing assembly comprising:
- a thrust bearing disposed along a face of a turbocharger casing, the thrust bearing including a recess along an inner diameter of the thrust bearing;
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- a dual film journal bearing radially disposed between a rotor and the turbocharger casing, wherein the journal bearing includes a shoulder step radially extending away from the rotor toward the thrust bearing, wherein the shoulder step of the journal bearing prevents axial movement of the journal bearing by engaging one or more of the thrust bearing or the turbocharger casing.
A method comprising:
- obtaining a semi-floating journal bearing of a turbocharger having an outwardly and radially extending shoulder step;
- positioning the journal bearing into a casing of the turbocharger;
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- positioning a thrust bearing onto a surface of the casing of the turbocharger such that the shoulder step of the journal bearing engages one or more of the thrust bearing or the casing of the turbocharger to prevent axial movement of the journal bearing relative to the one or more of the thrust bearing or the casing of the turbocharger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.