Patents Assigned to Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KG
  • Patent number: 9689425
    Abstract: An exhaust gas turbocharger may include a rotor mounted in a bearing housing via a rolling bearing. The rolling bearing may include an outer shell, an inner shell and rolling bodies running therebetween. At least one annular and vibrational noise absorbing diaphragm spring element may be arranged between the outer shell of the rolling bearing and the bearing housing. The diaphragm spring element may mount the rotor in radial direction and axial direction in a vibration-insulating manner with respect to the bearing housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Guido Daimer
  • Patent number: 9677603
    Abstract: An exhaust gas turbocharger may include a bearing housing and a rotor. The rotor may have a shaft mounted in the bearing housing via two radial bearing bushes. Each radial bearing bush may have an inner surface facing the shaft. The inner surface may have a single chamfer, where the single chamfers of the two radial bearing bushes face one another, or two chamfers, where one of the two chamfers for each of the two radial bearing bushes facing one another are larger than the other of the two chamfers for each of the two radial bearing bushes facing away from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ruediger Kleinschmidt, Ulrich Siol, Alexander Baeuerle, Thomas Striedelmeyer, Joerg Eckert, Christoph Butscher
  • Patent number: 9631634
    Abstract: The turbocharger according to the invention has a rotor with a compressor wheel as well as a turbine wheel that is connected in a rotationally-fixed manner to the compressor wheel by means of a common shaft. The compressor wheel and the shaft are form-fittingly tensioned with one another, wherein respectively at least one or two torque-transmitting contact surfaces, which lie one atop the other, between components force-fittingly tensioned with one another, is provided with a friction-increasing coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Guido Daimer, Stefan Muenz
  • Patent number: 9605589
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a barometric cell may include coupling the barometric cell to a control device via an actuating rod. The actuating rod may be movably mounted on a charging device in any desired position. The method may include applying a freely selectable pressure to the barometric cell so as to bring the actuating rod into contact with a stop, adjusting the barometric cell until a sensor registers a predefined value, and fixing the barometric cell on the charging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jochen Schaeflein, Andreas Gail, Christian Rothe, Stefan Landerer, Anatolij Martens, Jochen Laubender, Stefan Bedoe, Christian Peschke, Jens Kreth, Alina Krause
  • Patent number: 9581169
    Abstract: A gas-dynamic air bearing for radially mounting a shaft may include a plurality of bearing segments arranged in a recess of a housing. The bearing segments may radially enclose the shaft. Each bearing segment may be held with play on the housing via a respective bolt arranged radially to a predetermined bearing axis. Each bearing segment may include an associated stop spring device supported between the housing and the bearing segments. The respective stop spring device may be resilient to stroke movements of the bearing segment effective radially outwardly relative to the bearing axis. The respective bolts may be adjustably screwed to the housing. The bolts may have an end on a segment side that delimits a spring travel of the stop spring device radially inwardly towards the bearing axis and may position the respective bearing segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Michal Klusacek
  • Patent number: 9464637
    Abstract: A rolling bearing assembly for a rotor of a turbine includes a bearing housing and a bearing cartridge. The bearing cartridge may include an outer shell and an inner shell arranged concentrically thereto. The outer and inner shell may be rotatably mounted on one another about a concentric axis of rotation in two bearing sections axially spaced from one another via rolling bodies. The inner shell may be arranged on a rotor shaft and in the region of the bearing sections includes an inner press fit region. The outer shell may be arranged in the bearing housing and have axially spaced from the bearing sections at least one outer press fit region. In the respective bearing sections an oil damping ring channel may be radially formed between the bearing housing and the outer shell. The oil damping ring channel may extend coaxially to the axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: BOSCH MAHLE TURBO SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Thanh-Hung Nguyen-Schaefer
  • Patent number: 9458733
    Abstract: A limit stop device for limiting an adjustment path of a mobile component relative to a stationary component may include a sleeve body configured to be inserted into an opening formed in the stationary component. The sleeve body may include a retaining segment disposed in the interior of the opening. A core body may be disposed in the interior of the sleeve body and be configured to radially brace the retaining segment against an inner wall of the stationary component thereby axially fixing the sleeve body on the stationary component. A stop surface may protrude into the adjustment path of the mobile component and be configured to limit the adjustment path of the mobile component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Volkhard Ammon
  • Patent number: 9394791
    Abstract: A rotor of a charging device may include at least two parts fastened to each other and configured to enclose a hollow space. The two parts may be fastened to each other via a negative pressure within the hollow space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: BOSCH MAHLE TURBO SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Michal Klusacek
  • Patent number: 9371833
    Abstract: A variable turbine geometry may have a blade bearing ring and guide blades, each rotatably mounted therein via one of a plurality of respective blade bearing pins. An adjusting ring for adjusting the rotary position of the guide blades may be arranged on a side of the blade bearing ring facing away from the guide blades. The cover disc may define through-openings aligned with the blade bearing pins of the guide blades. The blade bearing ring may define at least one channel configured to create a pressure equalization between the control space and the flow space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Anatolij Martens, Thomas Streich, Senol Soeguet
  • Patent number: 9279453
    Abstract: A radial bearing may include a bearing body, which includes a receiving space for a shaft to be arranged therein. The bearing body may have an inner wall facing the receiving space, in which transverse grooves running in an axial direction and separated from one another in a circumferential direction by separating portions are formed. The radial bearing may include a supply channel penetrating the bearing body provided in at least one separating portion. The at least one separating portion may have at least one oil pocket spaced from the associated supply channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmBH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jochen Laubender, Thanh-Hung Nguyen-Schaefer
  • Patent number: 9273601
    Abstract: A charging device may include an actuating device for actuating a control device. The actuating device may be coupled to the control device via an actuating rod. The actuating rod may be coupled to the control device via a guide piece rotatably mounted at two points in an outer actuator lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Anatolij Martens, Florian Rentz, Jochen Schaeflein
  • Patent number: 9188020
    Abstract: A variable turbine geometry may have guide blades rotatably mounted in a blade bearing ring. An adjusting ring may be arranged on the bearing ring and an actuator may be configured to adjust the adjusting ring via a link lever. An adjustable eccentric may be arranged on the link lever and guided in a groove arranged on the blade bearing ring. The eccentric may be configured to stop on at least one end of the groove to limit at least one minimal flow through the variable turbine geometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Volkhard Ammon
  • Patent number: 9181874
    Abstract: A turbine may include a turbine housing having an inlet opening and an outlet opening, and defining a housing interior space configured to be subjected to a through-flow of exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine. A turbine rotor may be rotatably mounted in the turbine housing about an axis of rotation defining an axial direction. An exhaust gas sensor may be arranged in a measurement space of the turbine housing the exhaust gas sensor configured to determine at least one part of a gas component of the exhaust gas carried in the turbine housing. A feed line may be arranged in the turbine housing having a feed opening and a discharge line arranged in the turbine housing having a discharge opening for feeding and discharging exhaust gas at least one of in and out of the measurement space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: BOSCH MAHLE TURBO SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Marc Brueck, Sascha Klett, Martin Rauscher, Hartmut Weiss
  • Patent number: 9163557
    Abstract: A turbocharger, comprising: at least one of a turbine housing, a bearing housing and a turbine wheel, wherein the turbine wheel is rotatably mounted about an axis and includes a guide apparatus with a plurality of guide vanes rotatably mounted in pivot bearings on a guide vane support, wherein the guide vanes influence the flow in a flow channel of the turbine housing; and a spring element, which moveably loads the guide apparatus in an axial direction against a wall of the turbine housing, and wherein the disc springs seal a displacement chamber provided with a displacement mechanism of the guide apparatus against the flow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dirk Blümmel, Claus Fleig, Matthias Stein, Andreas Wengert
  • Patent number: 9011011
    Abstract: A bearing housing cover for a bearing housing of a charging device is presented. The housing cover is formed of metal by a mechanisms of at least one of internal high-pressure forming (IHU), deep-drawing, forging and roller burnishing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Max Fiedler
  • Patent number: 8894285
    Abstract: A charging device may include a shaft rotatably mounted on at least one slide bearing in a shaft bearing region. At least one flow opening for introducing and discharging a fluid may be defined on the shaft bearing region, wherein the shaft in the shaft bearing region may have two outer portions each running in a circumferential direction and axially binding an inner portion. At least one of the outer portions on its surface may include at least one microstructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thanh-Hung Nguyen-Schaefer, Heinz Bernd Haiser, Martin Knopf
  • Patent number: 8845279
    Abstract: A supercharger device, including, at least one of a variable turbine and a compressor geometry; a guide vane device arranged in a housing, wherein the guide vane device includes at least one vane mounting ring; at least one guide vane is at least one of rotatably mounted thereon the vane mounting ring and rotatably mounted therein the vane mounting ring; and an adjusting ring arranged coaxially to the vane mounting ring and mounted on the latter, which is rotated relative to the vane mounting ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Patric Hoecker, Florian Rentz, Ian Reynolds
  • Publication number: 20140286750
    Abstract: A variable turbine/compressor geometry for an exhaust gas turbocharger of an internal combustion engine includes a blade bearing ring having guide blades rotatably mounted therein and a cover disc which is arranged on the face end of the guide blades. At least one gas guide channel may run through at least one guide blade. The gas guide channel including, adjacent to a profile lug, a least one inlet opening, and on at least one of a face end directed towards the cover disc and a bottom side directed towards the blade bearing ring includes an outlet opening. The gas guide channel may be configured to generate a friction-reducing air cushion during operation on at least one of the face end and the bottom side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jochen Laubender, Jens Kreth
  • Patent number: 8834111
    Abstract: A charging device may include a turbine housing and a bearing housing. The bearing housing may have a bearing arrangement for a shaft carrying a turbine wheel and a compressor wheel. A gasket may be arranged by metal-to-metal connection between a radially orientated flat surface of the turbine housing and a radially orientated flat surface of the bearing housing. The gasket may be resilient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Christian Holzschuh
  • Patent number: 8834029
    Abstract: A hydrodynamic axial sliding bearing is disclosed. The bearing includes a substantially planar sliding surface. The bearing includes a bearing surface, wherein the bearing surface separated by a lubricating gap with at least one annularly arranged segment in at least two coaxial ring zones, and wherein each segment comprising a wedge surface and an engagement surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Jochen Laubender