# US 9,435,346 B2 · Compressor housing for supercharger and method for manufacturing the same

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- Number: US 9,435,346 B2
- Document ID: US9435346B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/642,934
- Filed: 2011-03-30
- Published: 2013-02-14
- Granted: 2016-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 2010-04-23
- Assignees: Otics Corporation; Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Ryu Osuka; Hiroki Matsui; Tomoyuki Isogai
- Inventors: Ryu Osuka; Hiroki Matsui; Tomoyuki Isogai
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9435346B2

## CPC

- F04D 29/023: {especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps}
- B22C 9/24: for hollow articles
- B22D 17/00: Pressure die casting or injection die casting, i.e. casting in which the metal is forced into a mould under high pressure
- F04D 29/4206: {especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps}
- F04D 29/441: {especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps}
- F04D 29/624: {especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps}
- F05D 2220/40: in turbochargers
- F05D 2230/21: by casting
- F05D 2250/52: Outlet
- F05D 2260/37: by a press fit connection
- Y10T 29/49243: Centrifugal type
- F04D: NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; ion pumps H01J41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K44/02)
- B22C: FOUNDRY MOULDING (moulding refractory materials in general B28B)
- B22D: CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES (shaping of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29C; metallurgical processing, selection of substances to be added to metal C21, C22)
- F05D: INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

In a compressor housing, a scroll piece includes a cylindrical intake port forming section, a scroll wall surface forming section that forms an air-intake side wall surface of a discharge scroll chamber, and a scroll outer circumferential section that covers an outer circumferential side of the discharge scroll chamber. A shroud piece of the housing includes a cylindrical shroud press fitted section press fitted into the intake port forming section, and a shroud wall surface forming section that forms an inner circumferential side wall surface of the discharge scroll chamber and also forms a shroud surface that opposes an impeller and a diffuser surface. An outer circumferential annular piece of the housing includes an outer circumferential annular press fitted section press fitted inside the scroll outer circumferential section, and an outer circumferential annular wall surface forming section that forms an outer circumferential side wall surface of the discharge scroll chamber.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A compressor housing for a supercharger, which is configured to house an impeller with a plurality of blades, and includes an intake port that takes in air toward the impeller, and a discharge scroll chamber that is formed in a circumferential direction at an outer circumferential side of the impeller, and that guides the air discharged from the impeller to outside, comprising:
a scroll piece including a cylindrical intake port forming section that forms the intake port, a scroll wall surface forming section that forms an air-intake side wall surface of the discharge scroll chamber, and a scroll outer circumferential section that covers an outer circumferential side of the discharge scroll chamber;
a shroud piece including a cylindrical shroud press fitted section that is press fitted into the intake port forming section of the scroll piece, and a shroud wall surface forming section that forms an inner circumferential side wall surface of the discharge scroll chamber, and that forms a shroud surface opposing the impeller and a diffuser surface that extends from the shroud surface toward the discharge scroll chamber; and
an outer circumferential annular piece including an outer circumferential annular press fitted section that is press fitted into the scroll outer circumferential section of the scroll piece, and an outer circumferential annular wall surface forming section that forms an outer circumferential side wall surface of the discharge scroll chamber,
wherein the shroud piece includes a positioning section that makes contact in an axial direction with a contacting section of the scroll piece such that the outer circumferential annular piece and the scroll piece maintain a gap from one another in the axial direction.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The compressor housing for a supercharger according to claim 1, wherein the compressor housing is used in the supercharger in which a back plate opposing the diffuser surface of the shroud wall surface forming section of the shroud piece and a bearing housing that axially supports a rotation shaft of the impeller are integrally formed.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1, 2)

A method of manufacturing the compressor housing for a supercharger according to claim 1 or 2, the method comprising:
forming the scroll piece and an integral piece that integrally includes parts that are to be the shroud piece and the outer circumferential annular piece by die casting, respectively;
press fitting the shroud press fitted section that constitutes a part of the integral piece into the intake port forming section of the scroll piece, and press fitting the outer circumferential annular press fitted section that constitutes a part of the integral piece into the scroll outer circumferential section of the scroll piece; and
cutting the integral piece subsequent to the press-fitting, and separating the integral piece into the shroud piece and the outer circumferential annular piece,
wherein in the press-fitting, the positioning section, which is formed in the part of the integral piece which is to be the shroud piece, is brought into contact in an axial direction with the contacting section formed in the scroll piece such that the part of the integral piece which is to be the outer circumferential annular piece is spaced apart from the scroll piece by the gap in the axial direction.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method of manufacturing the compressor housing for a supercharger according to claim 3, wherein in the press-fitting, a press-fitting fastening margin between the scroll outer circumferential section of the scroll piece and the outer circumferential annular press fitted section that constitutes the part of the integral piece is made smaller than a press-fitting fastening margin between the intake port forming section of the scroll piece and the shroud press fitted section that constitutes the part of the integral piece.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The compressor housing for a supercharger according to claim 1, wherein the contacting section is formed at a bottom portion of the intake port forming section of the scroll piece and the positioning section is formed at a connecting portion between the shroud press fitted section of the shroud piece and the shroud wall surface forming section.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The compressor housing for a supercharger according to claim 1, wherein the contacting section is formed at an axial direction intermediate position of the intake port forming section and the positioning section is formed at a tip end portion of the shroud press fitted section.