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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2008
Hiroshi Ueno, Tondabayashi, JP;
Toshihiko Shiraki, Yao, JP;
Akio Oshima, Nevagawa, JP;
Tomonori Nakashita, Suita, JP;
Masaaki Ohtsuki, Kashihara, JP;
Shigenori Bando, Nara, JP;
Masaki Abe, Kashiwara, JP;
Ryuji Nakata, Osaka, JP;
Takehisa Kida, Kashiba, JP;
Hiroshi Ueno, Tondabayashi, JP;
Toshihiko Shiraki, Yao, JP;
Akio Oshima, Nevagawa, JP;
Tomonori Nakashita, Suita, JP;
Masaaki Ohtsuki, Kashihara, JP;
Shigenori Bando, Nara, JP;
Masaki Abe, Kashiwara, JP;
Ryuji Nakata, Osaka, JP;
Takehisa Kida, Kashiba, JP;
JTEKT Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A turbocharger includes a housing, and a turbine shaft supported in a center hole in the housing through rolling bearings. A tank portion for storing lubrication oil is formed in the housing, and the lubricating oil is supplied from the tank portion to the rolling bearings through wick members extending from the tank portion respectively to the rolling bearings. The wick member includes a bundle of fibers made of a plastics material, and a distal end portion thereof is separated into a fibrous condition, and this distal end portion is held in contact with the bearing. The lubricating oil is supplied to the bearing by a capillary action of the wick member.
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