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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2025
Ihi Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takao Asakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An example turbocharger includes a turbine blade wheel, a housing including a flow path through which gas received from an inlet flows, and a variable capacity assembly disposed in the housing and configured to receive the gas from the flow path and guide the gas to the turbine blade wheel. The housing includes a housing contact surface that is in contact with the variable capacity assembly in an axial direction of a rotation axis of the turbine blade wheel. The variable capacity assembly includes an assembly contact surface that is in contact with the housing contact surface in the axial direction. At least one of the housing contact surface and the assembly contact surface includes a high friction surface.
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