# US 8,770,087 B2 · Hydraulic servo-drive device and variable turbo-supercharger using the same

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- Number: US 8,770,087 B2
- Document ID: US8770087B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/933,479
- Filed: 2009-03-02
- Published: 2011-01-20
- Granted: 2014-07-08
- Earliest claimed: 2008-03-21
- Assignees: Komatsu Ltd.
- Applicants: Daisuke Kozuka; Masayuki Tajima; Mitsumasa Akashi; Shuuji Hori
- Inventors: Daisuke Kozuka; Masayuki Tajima; Mitsumasa Akashi; Shuuji Hori
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8770087B2

## CPC

- F15B 9/12: in which both the controlling element and the servomotor control the same member influencing a fluid passage and are connected to that member by means of a differential gearing
- F01D 17/143: {the shiftable member being a wall, or part thereof of a radial diffuser}
- F01D 17/167: {of vanes moving in translation}
- F02B 37/24: by using pumps or turbines with adjustable guide vanes
- F05D 2220/40: in turbochargers
- F05D 2260/406: through hydraulic systems
- F15B 21/04: Special measures taken in connection with the properties of the fluid
- F15B 2013/0409: {Position sensing or feedback of the valve member}
- F15B 2211/62: Cooling or heating means
- Y02T 10/12: Improving ICE efficiencies
- F15B: SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F01D: NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES (machines or engines for liquids F03; non-positive displacement pumps F04D)
- F02B: INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL (gas-turbine plants F02C; hot-gas or combustion-product positive-displacement engine plants F02G)
- F05D: INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
- Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION

## Abstract

A hydraulic servo drive device includes: a pilot spool for switching supply and shutoff of oil; a servo piston slid in accordance with the pilot spool; a stroke sensor for detecting a displacement of the servo piston; a first hydraulic chamber in which oil for moving the servo piston is flowed; a first piston oil path for communicating a pump port to which oil is supplied from a pump with a first hydraulic chamber; and a discharge circulating oil path for communicating the first hydraulic chamber with a drain port.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A variable geometry turbocharger, comprising:
exhaust inlet walls provided facing to each other at a nozzle at an outer side of a turbine wheel;
a plurality of nozzle vanes disposed between the exhaust inlet walls at a predetermined interval along a circumferential direction of the turbine wheel;
a slide mechanism that advances and retracts, in a facing direction, one of the exhaust inlet walls relative to the other of the exhaust inlet walls; and
a hydraulic servo drive device for driving the slide mechanism, the hydraulic servo drive device comprising:
a pilot spool that is slid by a pilot pressure and switches between supply and shutoff of oil;
a biasing unit that biases the pilot spool;
a servo piston that is slid in accordance with the pilot spool;
a detector that detects a displacement of the servo piston;
a pump hydraulic chamber into which oil for moving the servo piston is flowed;
a pump port to which oil from a pump is supplied;
a piston oil path that communicates the pump port with the pump hydraulic chamber;
a discharge circulating oil path that communicates the pump hydraulic chamber supplied with the oil with a drain port when the pump port and the pump hydraulic chamber are communicated with each other and the oil from the pump is supplied to the pump hydraulic chamber via the piston oil path; and
a housing that houses the servo piston;
wherein:
the detector includes: a stator that is provided on the housing, and a movable member that is attached on an end of the servo piston via an attachment member to move with the servo piston, wherein the movable member generates a magnetic field that is detectable by the stator;
the pump hydraulic chamber is formed, in the housing, between the movable member provided on the servo piston and the stator provided on the housing;
a center hole penetrating along a sliding direction and housing the pilot spool is formed in the servo piston; and
a pilot hydraulic chamber in which the pilot pressure works is formed between an end of the pilot spool and the movable member provided on the servo piston in the center hole of the servo piston.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The variable geometry turbocharger according to claim 1, wherein oil for driving the hydraulic servo drive device is a lubricating oil of an engine in which the hydraulic servo drive device is installed.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The variable geometry turbocharger according to claim 2, wherein the lubricating oil is pressurized and supplied to the hydraulic servo drive device.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The variable geometry turbocharger according to claim 1, wherein the pump port and the drain port are communicated with each other when the pilot spool and the servo piston are balanced.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The variable geometry turbocharger according to claim 1, wherein the piston oil path and the discharge circulating oil path are provided in the servo piston.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The variable geometry turbocharger according to claim 4, wherein the piston oil path and the discharge circulating oil path are provided in the servo piston.