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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Vanco Smiljanovski, Bedburg, DE;
Helmut Matthias Kindl, Aachen, DE;
Joerg Kemmerling, Monschau, DE;
Frank Kraemer, Neunkirchen-Seelscheid, DE;
Franz J. Brinkmann, Huerth-Efferen, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A compressor for an internal combustion engine is provided. The compressor includes a compressor shaft having compressor blades attached thereto, positioned in an intake air duct, and rotating about an axis during compressor operation and a magnetic bearing positioned upstream of the compressor blades in the intake air duct, including a ring positioned around the compressor shaft, stator electrics arranged in the ring, and at least two magnets arranged on the compressor shaft configured to exert a magnetic force on the stator electrics to form an air gap between the ring and the compressor shaft.