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US 9,803,651 B2Granted
Turbocharger compressor cover with convertible outlet connection
AssigneeBullseye Power, LLC
InventorDavid M. Hall
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Abstract
A turbocharger housing includes a discharge outlet having a tubular configuration that extends tangentially from a peripheral portion of the housing and an externally threaded section adjacent the end of the discharge outlet to allow the discharge outlet to be connected either to a hose by a hose clamp or to a flanged pipe via an internally threaded flange engaging the externally threaded section of the discharge outlet and a V-band clamp securing the flanges together.
Claims6
A turbocharger comprising:
- a turbine;
- a compressor connected to the turbine;
- the compressor having a turbocharger compressor housing having a discharge outlet;
- the discharge outlet comprising a tubular portion extending tangentially from a peripheral portion of the turbocharger compressor housing and having an externally threaded section threadingly engaged to a flanged internally threaded fitting adjacent an end of the discharge outlet or engaged with a hose such that the external threads of the discharge outlet bite into the inside surface of the hose.
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A vehicle on which is mounted a turbocharger and an internal combustion engine, the turbocharger including:
- a turbine for receiving exhaust gases from the internal combustion engine and transforming kinetic energy of the exhaust gases into mechanical work;
- a mechanical linkage for using the mechanical work to drive a compressor wheel disposed in a compressor housing;
- the compressor housing comprising:
- a discharge outlet for conveying compressed air to an air intake of the internal combustion engine;
- the discharge outlet defined by a tubular portion which extends tangentially from a peripheral portion of the turbocharger compressor housing;
- wherein the discharge outlet has an externally threaded section threadingly engaged to a flanged internally threaded fitting adjacent an end of the discharge outlet or engaged with a hose such that the external threads of the discharge outlet bite into the inside surface of the hose.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.