TURBOCHARGER WITH VIBRATION SUPPRESSING DEVICE

• Main Authors: DAY, ANDREW, PAUL, LANCASTER, CRAIG, ROBERT, ARTHUR
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 29.01.2009
• Subjects: AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; BLASTING; COMBUSTION ENGINES; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAMTURBINES; STEAM ENGINES; WEAPONS

A turbocharger shaft (4) is supported for rotation about its axis in a bearing housing (1) by a pair of journal bearings (5,6) disposed between the turbine wheel (2) and the compressor impeller (3). A device (15) such as a hydraulic or magnetic actuator applies a non-axial force to the shaft at an a...