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Compressor wheel assembly for turbochargers

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5897365
In a turbocharger having a housing, this patent describes: a rotatable shaft having a threaded end; bearing means for rotatably mounting the shaft to the housing; a boreless turbine wheel secured to an end of the shaft opposite the threaded end; a boreless compressor wheel having a boreless hub supporting a circumferentially arranged array of impeller blades; and an attachment member mounted on the hub generally at one axial end thereof in a position generally centered on a central axis of the hub. The attachment member includes means for attachment to the threaded end of the shaft.
Assignee:
Garrett Corp., Los Angeles, CA
Patent Number(s):
US 4705463
OSTI ID:
5897365
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English