# US 8,770,544 B2 · Electric waste gate actuator for turbocharger

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- Number: US 8,770,544 B2
- Document ID: US8770544B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/301,095
- Filed: 2011-11-21
- Published: 2012-05-24
- Granted: 2014-07-08
- Earliest claimed: 2010-11-19
- Assignees: Mando Corporation
- Applicants: Jin Ra Kim
- Inventors: Jin Ra Kim
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8770544B2

## CPC

- F02B 37/186: {Arrangements of actuators or linkage for bypass valves}
- Y02T 10/12: Improving ICE efficiencies
- F02B: INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL (gas-turbine plants F02C; hot-gas or combustion-product positive-displacement engine plants F02G)
- Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION

## Abstract

Provided is an electric waste gate actuator for a turbocharger, in which the inside of a housing is divided into an upper portion and a lower portion to thereby prevent foreign particles generated in a decelerator from being introduced into a driving motor. The electric waste gate actuator for a turbocharger includes: a housing having an installation space inside; a decelerator installed in an upper portion of the installation space; a lever coupled to an upper end of the decelerator and installed outside the installation space; a driving motor installed in a lower portion of the installation space; a blocking plate dividing the installation space into the upper portion, where the decelerator is installed, and the lower portion, where the driving motor is installed, and preventing foreign particles generated in the decelerator from being introduced into the lower portion of the installation space; and a sensor unit installed under the blocking plate to measure a rotation angle of the decelerator.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electric waste gate actuator for a turbocharger, comprising:
a housing having an installation space inside;
a decelerator installed in an upper portion of the installation space;
a lever coupled to an upper end of the decelerator and installed outside the installation space;
a driving motor installed in a lower portion of the installation space;
a blocking plate dividing the installation space into the upper portion, where the decelerator is installed, and the lower portion, where the driving motor is installed, and preventing foreign particles generated in the decelerator from being introduced into the lower portion of the installation space; and
a sensor unit installed under the blocking plate to measure a rotation angle of the decelerator,
wherein the blocking plate comprises:
a motor terminal installed on a top surface of the driving motor and having a first through-hole for fixing the driving motor; and
a plate coupled to a top surface of the motor terminal and having a second through-hole coupled to the first through-hole.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electric waste gate actuator according to claim 1, wherein the motor comprises a vertically protruding motor shaft at an upper end, and the motor shaft passes through the blocking plate and is coupled to the decelerator in the upper portion of the installation space.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The electric waste gate actuator according to claim 1, wherein the housing comprises:
a body having an opened upper end; and
a cover closing the opened upper end of the body.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The electric waste gate actuator according to claim 1, wherein the decelerator comprises a main rotational shaft and a plurality of gears coupled to the main rotational shaft, and the main rotational shaft passes through the blocking plate, such that a lower end of the main rotational shaft is disposed under a top surface of the blocking plate.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The electric waste gate actuator according to claim 4, wherein the sensor unit comprises:
a magnet installed at a lower end of the main rotational shaft, such that the magnet is disposed under the top surface of the blocking plate; and
a sensor installed in the lower portion of the installation space under the magnet and measuring the rotation angle of the decelerator by sensing a variation in a flux of the magnet.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The electric waste gate actuator according to claim 4, wherein an upper end of an uppermost rotational shaft among rotational shafts coupled to the plurality of gears passes through an upper end of the housing and is coupled to the lever at the outside of the housing.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The electric waste gate actuator according to claim 1, further comprising an electronic control unit (ECU) installed on the housing at the outside of the installation space.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The electric waste gate actuator according to claim 7, wherein an external space recessed directly under the decelerator in a lateral direction of the motor is provided at the outside of the housing, and the electronic control unit is installed in the external space.