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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
May. 16, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Rodrigo Rodriguez Erdmenger, Garching b. Munich, DE;
Sebastian Walter Freund, Garching b. Munich, DE;
Ismail Hakki Sezal, Garching BY, DE;
Aneesh Sridhar Vadvadgi, Bangalore, IN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A nozzle assembly of a turbocharger includes a nozzle and a ring-shaped body. The nozzle has flow passages extending through the nozzle and configured to direct air received from a volute housing of the turbocharger through the nozzle to turbine blades of the turbocharger. The ring-shaped body is coupled with the nozzle and is configured to rotate around the nozzle. The ring-shaped body includes blocking segments that block the flow of the air and openings between the blocking segments that permit the air to flow through the ring-shaped body. The ring-shaped body is configured to rotate relative to the nozzle to change how many of the flow passages in the nozzle are blocked by the blocking segments of the ring-shaped body.