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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shunji Yano, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
415161 ; 415163 ;
Abstract
A variable-displacement turbine includes a turbine wheel disposed in a housing, a scroll passage defined in the housing around the turbine wheel, at least one fixed vane and at least one movable vane disposed between the scroll passage and said turbine wheel and arranged alternately in the direction of rotation of the turbine wheel, the fixed and movable vanes jointly defining a variable nozzle which has an opening adjustable in response to angular movement of the movable vane. At least one of the fixed vane and the movable vane has a bypass passage defined therein in bypassing relation to the variable nozzle.