Turbocharger for use in an internal combustion engine
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroshi Okano, Masami Yamazaki
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Abstract
A turbocharger comprising a center housing and a turbine housing. The center housing has at its one end a radially outwardly projecting flange which has an annular end face. The turbine housing has at its one end a radially outwardly projecting flange which has an annular end face. The turbine housing is fixed onto the center housing so that the annular end face of the turbine housing is in contact with the annular end face of the center housing. An annular air passage is formed between the annular end faces of the turbine housing and the center housing. The annular air passage is connected to the diffuser or the air discharge chamber of the compressor of the turbocharger via an air inflow passage for feeding a cooling air into the annular air passage.
Claims11
A turbocharger having a rotary shaft, comprising:
- a center housing rotatably supporting the rotary shaft therein and having axially spaced first and second end portions, said first end portion having a radially outwardly extending annular flange which has an end face circumferentially extending about the axis of the rotary shaft;
- a compressor housing fixed onto the second end portion of said center housing and having an impeller rotatably arranged therein and fixed onto the rotary shaft, said compressor housing having therein a compressed air passage located downstream of said impeller and including a diffuser and an air discharge chamber;
- a turbine housing having a turbine wheel rotatably arranged therein and fixed onto the rotary shaft, said turbine housing having a radially outwardly extending annular flange which is arranged adajacent to the annular flange of the first end portion of said center housing and has an end face circumferentially extending about the axis of the rotary shaft;
- means for maintaining the end face of the annular flange of said turbine housing and the end face of the annular flange of said center housing in a contacting state to fix said turbine housing onto said center housing;
- a closed annular air passage formed between the end face of the annular flange of said turbine housing and the end face of the annular flange of said center housing;
- an air inflow passage interconnecting said compressed air passage to said annular air passage for feeding air into said annular air passage from said compressed air passage, and;
- an air outflow passage connected to said annular air passage for discharging the air from said annular air passage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.