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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2003
Applicant:
Philip Mark Wild, Holmfirth, GB;
Inventor:
Philip Mark Wild, Holmfirth, GB;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 17/00 (2006.01); F04D 29/08 (2006.01); F02B 39/00 (2006.01); F02B 39/16 (2006.01); F04B 35/00 (2006.01); F01D 11/00 (2006.01); F01D 25/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A turbocharger having a turbine wheel mounted to a seal boss at one end of a shaft and a compressor wheel mounted to the other end of the shaft. The seal boss includes an annular face angled relative to a radial plane extending through the shaft so that as the shaft rotates oil present on the annular face is projected into an oil collecting groove in a direction radially away from the shaft and axially away from an annular passage in a housing wall.