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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
May. 18, 2018
Aktiebolaget Skf, Gothenburg, SE;
Benoît Hauvespre, Saint Etienne de Chigny, FR;
Charles Chambonneau, Ballan Miré, FR;
Nicolas Tronquoy, Fondettes, FR;
AKTIEBOLAGET SKF, Gothenburg, SE;
Abstract
A turbocharger having a rotatable shaft, a stationary housing, a turbine wheel mounted on one end of shaft, a compressor wheel mounted onto an opposite end of shaft, and at least one rolling bearing disposed between the shaft and the housing. The rolling bearing includes a stationary outer ring fixed to the housing, a rotatable inner ring fixed to the shaft, at least one row of balls disposed in a rolling chamber defined between the outer ring and inner ring, and an annular non-deformable cage providing circumferentially a plurality of through holes forming pockets where the balls are housed. The pockets being axially delimited between annular cage heels. Each pocket of cage is extended by a slot through one of cage heels, the cage heel provided with the slots being axially oriented towards the interior side of turbocharger.