Aktiengesellschaft Kuehnle, Kopp & Kausch

Gerhard Oberholz

Uwe Munkel

Arno Forster

Christiane Romuss

Thomas Ducker

A turbocharger bearing is disclosed containing a sleeve (26) which is floatingly disposed in a bore (18) of a bearing case (6) for radially mounting a shaft (14). To prevent rotation of the sleeve an element is disposed in the bearing case (6), which engages both a notch in the sleeve (26) and a recess (48) in the bearing case (6). This arrangement prevents high surface pressures between the element and the sleeve (26) and between the element and the bearing case (6). The element is constructed as a retaining ring (30) having a tongue (48) and at least one boss (54, 56). The tongue (48) engages the recess (46) in the bearing case. The boss (54, 56) is pointed toward the end face (74) of the sleeve (26) where its outside surface (70, 72) contacts at least one surface of the notch (76) formed in the end face (74) of the sleeve (26).

Exhaust gas turbocharger bearing

An internal axis rotary piston machine containing in a housing (2), an outer rotor (26), with which an inner rotor (8) having n engagement parts (9) is in meshing engagement, there being n+1 recesses between engagement parts (34) of the outer rotor (26). The inner rotor (8) and outer rotor (26) rotate uniformly at a speed ratio of (n+1):n. There is contact of the tooth-flank type between inside faces of the outer rotor (26) and outside faces of the inner rotor (8) such that working spaces (66) are formed and move past inlet and outlet orifices (63, 64) of the housing (2). The rotary piston machine is designed in such a way that cost-effective production can be achieved while assuring a simple construction. To achieve this, it is proposed that the housing (2) should have, on the drive side, a bottom (4) formed in one piece and should be made pot-shaped. The bottom (4) has an outer face for a bearing (30) of the outer rotor (26), especially on a ring (28) extending axially into the end of the outer rotor (6).

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Freinsheim, Germany

Gerhard Oberholz