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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald E Baker, Westminister, CA (US);
Joe L Byrne, Torrance, CA (US);
Leo R Muller, Hawthorne, CA (US);
Phillip L Schmidt, Compton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Allied-Signal Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B / ; F01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4151212 ; 4151681 ; 60614 ; 55406 ;
Abstract
A turbocharger turbine housing particulate debris trap for collecting all unwanted exhaust gas entrained particles before engagement with the turbine wheel. The trap can be located anywhere in the exhaust system upstream of the turbine wheel and is designed to take advantage of both inertial and gravitational forces. Systems for purging the trap of collected debris is also disclosed.