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US 2018/0023463 A1Published application
Turbine wastegate assmebly
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsTomasz Kemona, Didier Horlaville, Manuel Gonzalez, Ion Mateescu, Damien Marsal
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Abstract
A method can include positioning a bushing in a bore of a turbine housing; positioning a shaft of a wastegate in a bore of the bushing where the shaft includes a shaft shoulder and a shaft end; applying force to a plug of the wastegate to substantially center the plug with respect to a wastegate seat of the turbine housing; positioning a ring at least in part in the bore of the bushing and between the shaft shoulder and the shaft end; and fixing the ring to the bushing.
Claims15
A method comprising:
- positioning a bushing in a bore of a turbine housing;
- positioning a shaft of a wastegate in a bore of the bushing wherein the shaft comprises a shaft shoulder and a shaft end;
- applying force to a plug of the wastegate to substantially center the plug with respect to a wastegate seat of the turbine housing;
- positioning a ring at least in part in the bore of the bushing and between the shaft shoulder and the shaft end;
- and
- fixing the ring to the bushing.
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A method comprising:
- positioning a bushing in a bore of a turbine housing;
- positioning a shaft of a wastegate in a bore of the bushing wherein the shaft comprises a shaft shoulder and a shaft end;
- applying force to a plug of the wastegate to substantially center the plug with respect to a wastegate seat of the turbine housing;
- positioning a shim about the shaft between the bushing and a control arm;
- and
- fixing the control arm to the shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.