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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2008
Patrick Masson, Urimenil, FR;
Alain Lombard, Uxegney, FR;
Jerome Mitka, Houdemont, FR;
Valerie Bribant, Golbey, FR;
Phillippe Noelle, Vincey, FR;
Patrick Masson, Urimenil, FR;
Alain Lombard, Uxegney, FR;
Jerome Mitka, Houdemont, FR;
Valerie Bribant, Golbey, FR;
Phillippe Noelle, Vincey, FR;
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A turbocharger for internal combustion engines, having a heat shield disposed between a turbine housing and center housing of the turbocharger for shielding the center housing from exhaust gases passing through the turbine. The heat shield in one embodiment is centered on a generally conical surface of the center housing, by engagement between the conical surface and a centering portion of the heat shield. In another embodiment, the heat shield has a generally conical portion that is non-axisymmetric, having a plurality of radially enlarged lobes that engage a radially inwardly facing surface of the turbine housing for centering the heat shield.