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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2009
Emmanuel Severin, Morristown, NJ (US);
Lorrain Sausse, Morristown, NJ (US);
Pierre Barthelet, Morristown, NJ (US);
Francis Abel, Morristown, NJ (US);
Manuel Dufin, Morristown, NJ (US);
Emmanuel Severin, Morristown, NJ (US);
Lorrain Sausse, Morristown, NJ (US);
Pierre Barthelet, Morristown, NJ (US);
Francis Abel, Morristown, NJ (US);
Manuel Dufin, Morristown, NJ (US);
Honeywell International, Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A turbocharger with a variable nozzle includes a pin mounted in the center housing and extending axially therefrom and engaged in a hole in the nozzle ring to orient the nozzle ring rotationally relative to the center housing. A portion of a length of the pin has a substantially greater compliance than the remainder of the length such that the pin has a flexible tip that engages the hole in the nozzle ring. The flexible tip reduces constraint of thermal deformation of the nozzle ring. The pin portion of greater compliance can be a section of the tube that is slit and expanded. The turbocharger can also include a one-piece locator and heat shield having a locating portion abutting the center housing and the nozzle ring for radially locating the nozzle ring relative to the center housing, and having a shield portion shielding the center housing from hot exhaust gas.