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Patent No.:

US 9988977 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2015
Applicant:

Borgwarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);

Inventors:

Jerud Crandall, Asheville, NC (US);

Gordon Jenks, Chandler, NC (US);

Michael Thayer, Asheville, NC (US);

Assignee:

BorgWarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/04 (2006.01); F02B 39/14 (2006.01); F01D 25/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 39/14 (2013.01); F01D 5/046 (2013.01); F01D 25/186 (2013.01); F05D 2220/40 (2013.01); F05D 2300/6033 (2013.01);
Abstract

A turbocharger () includes a shaft () rotatably supported within a bearing housing (), a turbine wheel () connected to the shaft (), and a heat shield () disposed between the turbine wheel () and the bearing housing (). The heat shield () includes surface features () formed on at least one of a sidewall () portion thereof and a flange () portion thereof that locate the heat shield () relative to the bearing housing () such that the heat shield () is coaxial with the rotational axis of the shaft ().


Find Patent Forward Citations

Crandall, Jerud. (2018). Heat shield with centering features (U.S. Patent No. 9988977). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9988977

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