Turbocharger

A turbocharger including a turbine impeller connected to a compressor impeller, a turbine housing that stores the turbine impeller, and a bypass passage connected to an upstream space and a downstream space of the turbine impeller in the turbine housing for bypassing the turbine impeller, wherein a flow rate of gas supplied to the turbine impeller is adjusted by opening and closing an opening of the bypass passage, the turbocharger comprising:

• a waste gate valve that is provided to the opening so as to be capable of being opened and closed;
• a shaft member that is rotatably supported by being inserted into a support hole penetrating the turbine housing;
• an inner coupling member that couples the waste gate valve and a first end of the shaft member at an inside of the turbine housing;
• an outer coupling member that couples a control unit, which controls an open/close state of the waste gate valve, and a second end of the shaft member at an outside of the turbine housing;
• a seal contact portion located on the inner coupling member or the outer coupling member along a peripheral edge of the support hole that the inner coupling member or the outer coupling member faces;
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• a seal member provided between the seal contact portion and peripheral edge of the support hole to seal a gap between thereof,
• wherein the waste gate valve is provided with a projecting portion projected on the opening on a portion facing the opening, an end face of the projecting portion in a projecting direction having only a single inclined surface that tilts with respect to a shaft direction of the shaft member, the single inclined surface facing a first direction parallel to the shaft direction of the shaft member, a surface of the projecting portion facing a second direction parallel to the shaft direction of the shaft member opposite the first direction, and the surface being vertical to the shaft direction of the shaft member, and
• wherein the single inclined surface is configured so as to generate thrust force from the seal member to the support hole which is applied to the shaft member by pressing the single inclined surface with the gas flown into the bypass passage through the opening when the waste gate valve is opened such that the gas flows in the first direction after contacting the single inclined surface, the thrust force is generated in the second direction and the gap is sealed.