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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2013
Applicant:
Borgwarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Inventor:
Donald Michael Kennedy, Asheville, NC (US);
Assignee:
BorgWarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 17/16 (2006.01); F02B 37/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 37/24 (2013.01); F01D 17/16 (2013.01); F01D 17/165 (2013.01); F05D 2220/40 (2013.01); Y02T 10/144 (2013.01);
Abstract
A turbocharger () includes a housing () and an actuating mechanism () for actuating a device () within the housing (). A pivot shaft () has an inside end () inside the housing () and an outside end () outside the housing (). The pivot shaft () is rotatably mounted in a bore () in the housing () for transmitting an actuating movement from outside the housing () to the actuating mechanism (). A bushing () is disposed in the bore (). The bushing () includes an asymmetric portion () that extends inside the housing () to support the inside end () of the pivot shaft ().