Cummins Turbo Technologies Limited

Holset Engineering Company, Limited

Cummins Inc.

John Frederick Parker

Stephen E Garrett

John M Mulloy

Simon David Moore

Robert L Holroyd

James Alexander McEwen

Tom J Roberts

Tim Denholm

Christopher Normington

Michael Voong

Arun Vijayakumar

John Bywater

Sam Pringle

Owen Alistair Ryder

Glenn L Baker

David Andrew Luck

James Alexander Mcewen

Anthony Billington

Timothy James William Proctor

Robert Morphet

David Henry Brown

Lisa Jane Hill

Gary Beshears

Jeremy Jose Fonseca

Stuart J Mann

Martin David Taylor

Ali Sophian

John Michael Bywater

Simon Moore

Steve Garrett

David H Brown

A compressor for compressing a gas, the compressor comprising: a housing having an axial inlet and an annular outlet volute; an impeller wheel including a plurality of blades, the wheel being rotatably mounted within the housing between the inlet and outlet volute; the axial inlet being defined by a tubular inducer portion of the housing and the annular outlet volute being defined by an annular diffuser passage surrounding the impeller, the diffuser having an annular outlet communicating with the outlet volute; the housing having an inner wall defining a surface located in close proximity to radially outer edges of the impeller blades which sweep across the surface as the impeller wheel rotates; wherein the compressor housing incorporates at least one section comprised of a deformable, energy absorbing material arranged to deform and absorb energy generated as a result of impeller wheel failure. A turbine incorporating similar deformable, energy absorbing materials is also described, as are turbochargers incorporating such a compressor and/or turbine.

Compressor, turbine and turbocharger

A variable geometry turbine comprising a turbine wheel mounted for rotation about a turbine axis within a housing. The housing defines an annular inlet surrounding the turbine wheel and defined between first and second inlet sidewalls. The turbine further comprises a cylindrical sleeve that is axially movable across the annular inlet to vary the size of a gas flow path through the inlet. The annular inlet is divided into at least two axially offset inlet passages. The inner diameter of the sleeve is greater than the inner diameter of the inlet passages.

Turbomachine

A variable geometry turbine having a turbine wheel, an inlet passageway, a movable wall member being moveable axially to vary the width of the inlet passageway, an annular seal being mounted to the movable wall member or an adjacent housing member to provide a seal between adjacent surfaces of the movable wall member and housing member respectively, wherein a bypass passage is provided in the other of said movable wall member or housing member, extending from an inlet bypass port to an outlet bypass port, said ports being spaced from each other and provided in said adjacent surface of said other of the movable wall member or housing member, arranged such that as the movable wall member moves axially, the annular seal moves axially relative to the ports to vary the flow that may pass from a region of the cavity inboard of the seal, through the bypass passage.

Variable geometry turbine

A variable geometry turbine has annular inlet passageway defined between a first surface of a radial wall of a movable wall mounted within a cavity and a facing wall of the turbine housing. The radial wall defines a second surface that opposes the first surface. The moveable wall member comprises an annular flange that extends axially into the cavity and supports a radial flange defining opposing third and fourth surfaces. The radial flange seals against an annular sleeve in the cavity to define a first area within the cavity which includes the radial second and third surfaces and a second area within the cavity which includes the radial fourth surface. The first and second areas are in fluid communication with regions of the annular inlet passageway which are respectively upstream and downstream of a radial vane passage.

A variable geometry turbine comprises: a turbine wheel in a housing assembly defining a radial gas flow inlet passage; an annular wall member which is displaceable to control gas flow through the inlet passage; and a linkage mechanism comprising at least one actuating member operably connected to the annular wall member to control displacement of the wall member. The actuating member has a terminal portion defining a radially extending flange and extends in a direction substantially parallel to the turbine axis through an aperture defined by a retaining member to locate the radially extending flange in between said retaining member and annular wall member. The terminal portion is contacted by the retaining member to connect the actuating member to the annular wall member. The aperture defines a clearance to accommodate displacement of the retaining member relative to the actuating member.

A turbocharger arrangement comprises a turbocharger and a generator. The turbocharger comprises a turbine having a turbine wheel and a compressor having a compressor wheel. The turbine wheel and the compressor wheel are mounted to a shaft, the shaft being supported by a bearing assembly located in a bearing housing between the turbine and the compressor, such that the shaft may rotate about an axis; The compressor wheel is between the generator and the bearing assembly; and an inducer portion of the compressor wheel is between an exducer portion of the compressor wheel and the bearing assembly.

Air cooling system for a turbocharger driven generator

A variable geometry turbine has a gas flow control mechanism located upstream of the turbine wheel and operable by an actuator assembly to control gas flow through said inlet passage. The control mechanism comprises a movable member for varying the size of the inlet passage. The movable member is coupled to a pair of rods that translate in an axial direction. The rods are supported for translation in guide bushes. A seal assembly seals against each rod and comprises a seal carrier coupled to an end of the guide bush. The seal carrier carries a lip seal that is in sealing contact with an external surface of the rod.

A variable geometry turbine comprising: a housing; a turbine wheel supported in the housing for rotation; an annular inlet passage defined between respective inlet surfaces defined by an annular nozzle ring and a facing annular shroud; the nozzle ring can vary the size of the inlet passage; a circumferential array of inlet vanes; the shroud covering the opening of a shroud cavity defined by the housing inlet passage and inboard of the shroud, and defining a circumferential array of slots, the slots and shroud cavity being configured to receive said vanes accommodating movement of the nozzle ring; wherein the annular shroud comprises an outer flange, the outer flange defining a circumferential groove for receiving a retaining ring for securing the shroud in the opening of the shroud cavity and defined on an inboard side by a flange wall; wherein an annular flange rim extends axially inboard from said flange wall.

A variable geometry turbine comprising: a housing; a turbine wheel supported within said housing for rotation about a turbine axis; an annular inlet passage within said housing upstream of said turbine wheel and defined between respective radial inlet surfaces of first and second wall members; an outlet passage within said housing downstream of said turbine wheel; an array of vanes extending across the inlet passage, said vanes being connected to said first wall member; at least one of said first and second wall members being moveable along the turbine axis to vary the size of the inlet passage and/or at least one of said vanes being rotationally moveable about an axis that is substantially parallel to said turbine axis to vary the size of the inlet passage; wherein at least one particulate filter is provided within said housing at a location such that said particulate filter can be contacted by particulate matter flowing through said turbine during use.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a variable geometry turbine comprising: a turbine wheel mounted on a turbine shaft within a housing assembly for rotation about a turbine axis, the housing assembly defining a gas flow inlet passage upstream of the turbine wheel; an annular wall member defining a wall of the inlet passage and which is displaceable in a direction substantially parallel to the turbine axis to control gas flow through the inlet passage; at least one moveable rod operably connected via a first end of the rod to the annular wall member, the rod being moveable to control displacement of the annular wall member, the rod extending in a direction substantially parallel to the turbine axis; wherein the rod is provided with a region of reduced radius which extends only partly around the rod, the region of reduced radius being remote from a second end of the rod to which a component of an actuator assembly for moving the rod is connectable.

Turbocharger

A variable geometry turbine comprises: a turbine wheel mounted within a housing assembly for rotation about a turbine axis, the housing assembly defining a radial gas flow inlet passage; an annular wall member defining one wall of the inlet passage and which is displaceable in a direction substantially parallel to the turbine axis to control gas flow through the inlet passage; and a linkage mechanism comprising at least one actuating member operably connected to the annular wall member to control displacement of the wall member. The actuating member extends in a direction substantially parallel to the turbine axis through an aperture defined by a retaining member such that a first bearing surface defined by the actuating member extending transverse to the turbine axis is contacted by a surface of the retaining member so as to connect the actuating member to the annular wall member. The aperture is appropriately dimensioned to define a clearance between a wall of the aperture and a portion of the actuating member located within the aperture so as to accommodate displacement of the retaining member, resulting from displacement of the annular wall member, relative to the actuating member.

A variable geometry turbine comprising a turbine wheel supported in a housing for rotation about a turbine axis with an annular inlet passageway defined between a radial face of a nozzle ring and a facing wall of the housing. The nozzle ring is movable along the turbine axis to vary the width of the inlet passageway and of vanes that are received in corresponding slots in the facing wall. Each vane major surface such that at a predetermined axial position of the nozzle ring relative to the facing wall the recess is in axial alignment with the slot and affords an exhaust gas leakage path through the inlet passageway. The recess is configured to reduce the efficiency of the turbine at small inlet gaps appropriate to engine braking or exhaust gas heating modes.

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Huddersfield, United Kingdom

John Frederick Parker