Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Turbine wastegate having a fluidic sealing arrangement and a method of testing thereof
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Application No.: US17284453Application Date: 2019-10-11
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Publication No.: US11598251B2Publication Date: 2023-03-07
- Inventor: Ivan Kaiser , James Alexander McEwen
- Applicant: Cummins Ltd
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: Cummins Ltd
- Current Assignee: Cummins Ltd
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
- Priority: GB1816680 20191012
- International Application: PCT/GB2019/052897 WO 20191011
- International Announcement: WO2020/074917 WO 20200416
- Main IPC: F02B37/18
- IPC: F02B37/18 ; F01D11/02 ; F02C6/12 ; F02C7/28 ; F16J15/34 ; G01M3/26

Abstract:
A turbine comprising: a turbine housing, a wastegate passage connecting the turbine inlet and the turbine outlet; and a wastegate valve comprising a movable valve member. The wastegate valve has an open state in which a first gas may pass between a turbine inlet a turbine outlet via the wastegate passage and a closed state in which the valve member substantially prevents said first gas from passing between the turbine inlet and the turbine outlet. The valve member is mounted to an actuation member that passes through a bore of the turbine housing. The actuation member is movable to move the wastegate valve between the open and closed states. The turbine comprises a fluid conduit configured to deliver a second gas to the bore to form a fluidic seal between the bore and the actuation member to substantially prevent the passage of said first gas along the bore.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210355863A1 TURBINE Public/Granted day:2021-11-18
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