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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2007
Hiroshi Ueno, Tondabayashi, JP;
Toshihiko Shiraki, Yao, JP;
Akio Oshima, Neyagawa, JP;
Tomonori Nakashita, Suita, JP;
Masaaki Ohtsuki, Kashihara, JP;
Shigenori Bando, Nara, JP;
Masaki Abe, Kashiwara, JP;
Ryuji Nakata, Osaka, JP;
Takehisa Kida, Izumisano, JP;
Hiroshi Ueno, Tondabayashi, JP;
Toshihiko Shiraki, Yao, JP;
Akio Oshima, Neyagawa, JP;
Tomonori Nakashita, Suita, JP;
Masaaki Ohtsuki, Kashihara, JP;
Shigenori Bando, Nara, JP;
Masaki Abe, Kashiwara, JP;
Ryuji Nakata, Osaka, JP;
Takehisa Kida, Izumisano, JP;
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka-Shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A turbocharger includes a turbine wheel having a center hole and a turbine shaft having one end secured on a small-diameter inner circumferential surface of the center hole. A large-diameter inner circumferential surface and a large diameter outer circumferential surface are formed to provide a cylindrical clearance opening toward a bearing housing between the center hole and the outer circumferential surface of the turbine shaft.