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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2019
Turbo Systems Switzerland Ltd, Baden, CH;
Turbo Systems Switzerland Ltd, Baden, CH;
Abstract
An exhaust turbocharger including a modular bearing designed for bearing a shaft and arranged between a compressor and a turbine is provided herein. The bearing has a bearing housing having a receptacle chamber, wherein a bearing assembly module can be or is installed in the receptacle chamber and can be non-destructively removed. The receptacle chamber is sized such that either a bearing assembly module having a rolling bearing or a bearing assembly module having a slide bearing can be installed. The receptacle chamber has an interface, designed to contact the bearing flange of a bearing assembly module inserted into the receptacle chamber. The interface is designed to connect an oil gallery passing through the bearing housing to one or more oil galleries passing through a bearing flange of the bearing assembly module.