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AssigneeABB Switzerland Ltd.
InventorsFlorian MAURER, Christian KREIENKAMP, Bruno AMMANN
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The invention relates to an exhaust turbocharger, which contains a modular bearing, which is designed for bearing a shaft and is arranged between a compressor and a turbine, wherein the bearing has a bearing housing having a receptacle chamber, wherein a bearing assembly module can be or is installed in the receptacle chamber and can be non-destructively removed, the receptacle chamber being sized such that optionally either a bearing assembly module having a rolling bearing or a bearing assembly module having a slide bearing can be installed, the receptacle chamber having an interface, which is designed to contact the bearing flange of a bearing assembly module inserted into the receptacle chamber, the interface being designed to connect an oil gallery passing through the bearing housing to one or more oil galleries passing through a bearing flange of the bearing assembly module.
An exhaust turbocharger comprising:
A set of bearing assembly modules each for bearing the shaft of an exhaust turbocharger comprising a modular bearing arranged between a compressor and a turbine of the exhaust turbocharger, wherein the modular bearing has a bearing housing with a receiving chamber, the set of bearing assembly modules comprising:
A method for bearing a shaft of an exhaust turbocharger comprising a modular bearing arranged between a compressor and a turbine of the exhaust turbocharger, wherein the modular bearing has a bearing housing with a receiving chamber, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.