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US 8,573,930 B2Granted
Nozzle assembly of variable geometry turbocharger
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorsSoohyung Woo, Jinwook Son, Youngnam Kim, Jinkook Kong
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Abstract
According to the present invention, it is possible to achieve improved durability by improving the connection structure of operation links and a control ring to reduce friction and wear between the operation links and the control ring, facilitate manufacturing by simple configuration and structure, and achieve silent and stable operation by making it possible to set the gaps between the parts relatively small.
Claims7
A nozzle assembly of a variable geometry turbocharger, comprising:
- a nozzle ring where a plurality of vanes are rotatable mounted along a circumferential surface thereof;
- a control ring arranged coaxially with the nozzle ring and is relatively rotatable with respect to the nozzle ring;
- a plurality of rollers rotatably mounted to the control ring along a circumferential surface thereof;
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- a plurality of operation links, one end of which is rotatably coupled to the control ring and the other end of which is fixed to the vanes through the nozzle ring;
- wherein the one end of the operation link is positioned between adjacent rollers along the circumferential surface of the control ring;
- wherein the control ring is disposed between the nozzle ring and a flat wall of a turbo housing with a predetermined gap from the nozzle ring;
- wherein the control ring has roller shaft protrusions integrally protruding in a predetermined distance and the rollers are formed in a hollow cylindrical shape to be fitted on the roller shaft protrusions;
- wherein the rollers are rotatably arranged between the control ring and the nozzle ring;
- wherein the vanes are fixed to one ends of nozzle rotation shafts disposed through the nozzle ring;
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- wherein the other ends of the operation links are fixed to the other ends of the nozzle rotation shafts between the control ring and the nozzle ring.
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