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US 2019/0316489 A1Published application
Supercharger
AssigneeESS Performance Products A/S
InventorAsbjoern Boehn
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention include a supercharger that has a compression chamber that includes an impeller at least partially positioned in the compression chamber, and a variable or interchangeable inlet extending from the housing that defines an inlet aperture fluidly coupled to the compression chamber. An oil baffle is included to control oil flow between input and impeller gears of a gear assembly.
Claims20
An assembly comprising;
- a housing at least partially enclosing a compression chamber;
- a variably-sized inlet fluidly coupled to the compression chamber;
- an impeller at least partially positioned in the compression chamber;
- an impeller shaft coupled to a portion of the impeller and forming an assembly, a portion of the assembly extending through an aperture of the housing;
- and
- an oil baffle positioned substantially in the housing and at least partially surrounding the aperture.
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An assembly comprising:
- a fluid compression chamber fluidly coupled to an interchangeable or variable inlet constrictor;
- an input gear assembly comprising at least one input gear;
- an impeller gear coupled to one or more gears of the input gear assembly;
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- an oil baffle including guides configured to guide or control oil flow between the input gear and the impeller gear.
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An assembly comprising;
- a housing including an output aperture;
- a compression chamber at least partially surrounded by at least a portion of the housing;
- an impeller at least partially positioned in the compression chamber, the impeller coupled to or including an impeller shaft coupled to an impeller gear;
- a variable or interchangeable inlet constrictor defining an inlet aperture, the inlet aperture fluidly coupled to the compression chamber;
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- an oil baffle including guides configured to guide or control oil flow in an area located substantially between the input gear and impeller gear.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.