Accelerating means and method for a turbocharger

Patent · Tue May 06 00:00:00 EDT 1986

OSTI ID:5758725

Witchger, E S

A turbocharger is described which consists of: a housing having an engine exhaust input; shaft means having a longitudinal axis and rotatable in the housing on the axis; a compressor wheel and turbine wheel secured to the shaft means, the turbine wheel being in communication with the exhaust whereby the compressor wheel is driven by the turbine wheel on the axis; nozzle ring means rotatably mounted in the housing for rotation on an axis, the nozzle ring means having a plurality of vanes disposed in the exhaust gas flow path from the exhaust input of the housing means to the turbine wheel; and brake means on the housing and operable, when actuated, to inhibit rotation of the nozzle ring means.

• Assignee: NOV; NOV-85-013197; EDB-86-118157
• Patent Number(s): US 4586878
• OSTI ID: 5758725
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 20 Jul 1984
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
TURBOCHARGERS
DESIGN
ACCELERATION
BRAKES
COMPRESSORS
EXHAUST GASES
GAS FLOW
NOZZLES
ROTATION
SHAFTS
TURBINES
ENGINES
FLUID FLOW
FLUIDS
GASEOUS WASTES
GASES
HEAT ENGINES
MACHINE PARTS
MACHINERY
MOTION
SUPERCHARGERS
TURBOMACHINERY
WASTES
330100* - Internal Combustion Engines