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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2007
Daniel Ward, Asheville, NC (US);
Daniel Ward, Asheville, NC (US);
BorgWarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A turbocharger unit () incorporating variable turbine geometry. The unit () has a turbine housing () for receiving exhaust gases from an engine, a turbine wheel () located inside a turbine housing (), and a bearing housing () connected to the turbine housing (), having a recessed portion (). A spring member is located in the recessed portion (), and a heat shield () receives apply force from the spring member. There is also a cartridge for providing variable turbine geometry located in the turbine housing (); the cartridge is held in contact with the turbine housing () by the spring member in the form of a contoured sleeve (). The apply force received by the heat shield () from the spring member transfers through the cartridge, and holds the cartridge in place in the turbine housing.