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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2011
Applicants:
James Douglas Ervin, Novi, MI (US);
August Thomas Vaught, Harper Woods, MI (US);
Inventors:
James Douglas Ervin, Novi, MI (US);
August Thomas Vaught, Harper Woods, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 29/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A turbocharger is provided herein. The turbocharger includes a housing and an adjustable core at least partially circumferentially surrounded by the housing, the adjustable core having a turbine rotor coupled to a compressor rotor via a shaft. The turbocharger further includes an adjustment mechanism coupled to the adjustable core configured to adjust an axial position of the housing relative to the adjustable core in response to adjustment commands.