Compressor wheel assembly for turbochargers

Patent · Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:5897365

Joco, F M

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
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 6 Jun 1986
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
TURBOCHARGERS
WHEELS
BEARINGS
DESIGN
FINS
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
SHAFTS
THREADED JOINTS
COMPRESSORS
ENGINES
HEAT ENGINES
JOINTS
MACHINE PARTS
SUPERCHARGERS
330100* - Internal Combustion Engines