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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Keith D. Miazgowicz, Dearborn, MI (US);
Gregory Patrick McConville, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for a wastegate of a turbocharger including a valve plate, valve actuation mechanism, and a bifurcated wastegate passage. In one example design, the wastegate may include a valve plate having an interior with a multiplane curved surface and a first mating feature centered along the curved surface, the curved surface forming a raised edge and a side opening on opposite sides of the valve plate; and a passage bifurcated by a central wall, an end of the central wall including a second mating feature adapted to have face-sharing contact with the first mating feature. The first mating feature may be either a rib or recessed slot formed on the valve plate, and the second mating feature may be one end of the central wall.