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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2019
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Takaya Futae, Tokyo, JP;
Naoyuki Nagai, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Taiyo Shirakawa, Nagasaki, JP;
Abstract
A turbocharger includes a rotor shaft that is rotationally driven, a compressor impeller attached to the rotor shaft, and a cylindrical bearing portion that includes an inner cylinder and an outer cylinder, and that supports the rotor shaft in a rotatable manner. A first damping portion is provided between an axial first end portion of the inner cylinder and an axial first end portion of the outer cylinder, and an axial second end portion of the inner cylinder is connected with an axial second end portion of the outer cylinder. A second damping portion is provided between a housing and the axial second end portion. The housing and the bearing portion are fixed by a flange portion provided at the first end portion of the outer cylinder in such a manner as to restrict movement of the flange portion in a radial direction and in an axial direction.