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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
James Douglas Ervin, Novi, MI (US);
August Thomas Vaught, Harper Woods, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 7/00 (2006.01); F04C 28/18 (2006.01); F01D 11/08 (2006.01); F04D 15/00 (2006.01); F04D 27/00 (2006.01); F01D 11/22 (2006.01); F04D 25/04 (2006.01); F04D 25/02 (2006.01); F01D 17/14 (2006.01); F01D 25/24 (2006.01); F02B 37/02 (2006.01); F02B 37/22 (2006.01); F02B 39/14 (2006.01); F02B 47/08 (2006.01); F04C 18/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04C 28/185 (2013.01); F01D 11/08 (2013.01); F01D 11/22 (2013.01); F01D 17/141 (2013.01); F01D 17/143 (2013.01); F01D 25/24 (2013.01); F02B 37/025 (2013.01); F02B 37/22 (2013.01); F02B 39/14 (2013.01); F02B 47/08 (2013.01); F04C 18/02 (2013.01); F04D 15/0033 (2013.01); F04D 25/024 (2013.01); F04D 25/045 (2013.01); F04D 27/002 (2013.01); F05D 2220/40 (2013.01); F05D 2250/40 (2013.01); Y02T 10/144 (2013.01);
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.