Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Turbocharger, notably for a combustion engine
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Application No.: US15983182Application Date: 2018-05-18
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Publication No.: US10697322B2Publication Date: 2020-06-30
- Inventor: Benoît Hauvespre , Charles Chambonneau , Nicolas Tronquoy
- Applicant: Aktiebolaget SKF
- Applicant Address: SE Gothenburg
- Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
- Current Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
- Current Assignee Address: SE Gothenburg
- Agency: Garcia-Zamor Intellectual Property Law, LLC
- Agent Ruy Garcia-Zamor; Bryan Peckjian
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@4d1b0f42
- Main IPC: F01D25/16
- IPC: F01D25/16 ; F16C33/41 ; F16C33/66 ; F16C19/16 ; F16C19/54 ; F01D25/18 ; F02C6/12 ; F02B37/00

Abstract:
A turbocharger having a rotatable shaft, a stationary housing, a turbine wheel mounted on one end of shaft, a compressor wheel mounted onto an opposite end of shaft, and at least one rolling bearing disposed between the shaft and the housing. The rolling bearing includes a stationary outer ring fixed to the housing, a rotatable inner ring fixed to the shaft, at least one row of balls disposed in a rolling chamber defined between the outer ring and inner ring, and an annular non-deformable cage providing circumferentially a plurality of through holes forming pockets where the balls are housed. The pockets being axially delimited between annular cage heels. Each pocket of cage is extended by a slot through one of cage heels, the cage heel provided with the slots being axially oriented towards the interior side of turbocharger.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180355758A1 TURBOCHARGER, NOTABLY FOR A COMBUSTION ENGINE Public/Granted day:2018-12-13
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