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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
May. 29, 2015
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine & Turbocharger, Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshitomo Noda, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Tojo, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A turbocharger comprises: a rolling bearing provided with a plurality of rolling elements arranged between a raceway formed on an inner ring and a raceway formed on an outer ring; and a housing for holding the outer ring. The housing is provided with: a first dam for restricting the outflow of a lubricant through a first discharge passage for discharging the lubricant from the outer ring; and a second dam for restricting the outflow of the lubricant through a second discharge passage for discharging the lubricant from an opening formed so as to be in communication with an axially intermediate portion of the outer ring and with a peripheral wall of a space.