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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2022
Borgwarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Sebastian Dauscher, Immesheim, DE;
BorgWarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A charging device () for an internal combustion engine or a fuel cell, including a compressor () with a compressor housing () and a compressor wheel () arranged therein. The charging device () also includes a shaft () which is coupled to the compressor wheel (), and a bearing housing () which is connected to the compressor housing and in which the shaft () is rotatably mounted. The bearing housing () includes a thrust bearing () for axial mounting of the shaft (). The thrust bearing () has a bearing gap () which extends at least partially in a radial direction () relative to the shaft (). The thrust bearing () is fluidically connected to the compressor () and arranged such that when the compressor () is in operation, a fluid stream from the compressor () flows at least partially in the radial direction () through the bearing gap (). The thrust bearing () is fluidically connected to a pressure side () of the compressor ().