Patents Assigned to iHi Charging Systems International GmbH
  • Publication number: 20200224665
    Abstract: The invention relates to an exhaust gas turbocharger with a manifold-flow casing, in particular a dual-flow casing (47) and a turbine wheel (34) which is rotatably arranged within said manifold-flow casing, onto which an exhaust gas flow (14; 16) may be led via at least one of several flow channels (18, 26), and an outlet opening (78; 80) following said one flow channel (18, 26) and covering an angle of 180° max. about an axis of rotation (44) of the turbine wheel (34), so that a shaft (38) is rotating which is arranged coaxially and non-rotationally relative to the turbine wheel (34), which is supported in a shaft bearing (42).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: IHI CHARGING SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventor: LORENZ JAENIKE
  • Publication number: 20200217204
    Abstract: A rotor disk for an exhaust turbocharger is mounted in a housing of the exhaust turbocharger so as to be able to rotate about an axis of rotation. The rotor disk has a disk hub including a disk back and a disk front facing away from the disk back. A plurality of rotor disk blades are formed on the disk hub in a manner extending between the disk back and the disk front. A balancing mark is arranged in a blade channel formed between a first blade of the plurality of rotor disk blades and a second blade, arranged adjacent to the first blade, of the plurality of rotor disk blades. The balancing mark is triangle-like. The disclosure also relates to an exhaust turbocharger comprising such a rotor disk and to a method for balancing a rotor assembly for such an exhaust turbocharger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicants: IHI Charging Systems International GmbH, IHI Charging Systems International Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Susanne SCHIEBEL, Roberto DE SANTIS, Martin KRESCHEL, Torsten GRAMSCH, René HOFMANN
  • Publication number: 20200173303
    Abstract: An adjustable guide apparatus for a turbine, comprising a bearing ring with a plurality of guide vanes, wherein the guide vanes are rotatably mounted on the bearing ring with the aid of guide vane shafts, wherein in order to position the guide vane, the guide vane shaft is allocated an adjusting lever which engages in a rotatable rotating ring of the adjustable guide apparatus, and wherein, in order to be held in an exhaust gas guiding section of the turbine, the adjustable guide apparatus has a support ring, and wherein the support ring serves to mount the rotating ring. The rotating ring is radially and/or axially guided with the aid of at least one guiding element, wherein the guiding element is received on the support ring. Furthermore, the invention relates to a turbine with an adjustable guide apparatus and to an exhaust turbocharger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: IHI CHARGING SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: MAX MODEL, MARC-PIERRE WEISS, VLADIMIR PETROV
  • Publication number: 20200173304
    Abstract: An adjustable guide apparatus for a turbine, comprising a bearing ring with a plurality of guide vanes, wherein the guide vanes are rotatably mounted on the bearing ring with the aid of guide vane shafts, wherein, in order to position the guide vane, the guide vane shaft is allocated an adjusting lever which is designed to be able to engage in a rotatable rotating ring of the adjustable guide apparatus, and wherein, in order to be held in an exhaust gas guiding section of the turbine, the adjustable guide apparatus has a support ring, and wherein the support ring serves to mount the rotating ring. In accordance with the invention the rotating ring is formed to be free of contact with the support ring. Furthermore, the invention relates to a turbine and to an exhaust turbocharger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: IHI CHARGING SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: MAX MODEL, MARC-PIERRE WEISS, VLADIMIR PETROV
  • Patent number: 10662868
    Abstract: The invention relates to a regulating device for a turbocharger. The regulating device (8) is received in a turbocharger (2) exhaust gas conducting section (1) through which exhaust gas can flow, and a fluid flow to a turbine wheel which is rotatably received in the exhaust gas conducting section (1) can be conditioned using the regulating device (8). A flow channel (10; 31) which is formed in the exhaust gas conducting section (1) is to be opened and closed using a cover element (9) of the regulating device (8), and the cover element (9) is arranged on a regulating device (8) pivot arm (38) which can be pivoted about a rotational axis (34). According to the invention, the cover element (9) is designed to open and close a flow channel designed as a bypass channel (31) for bypassing the turbine wheel and/or for opening and closing a flow channel, which is designed as a through-flow opening (10), between a first spiral channel (4) and a second spiral channel (5) of the exhaust gas conducting section (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: IHI Charging Systems International GmbH
    Inventors: Hermann Burmester, Klaus Sperling, Manfred Guthörle, Rohit Pawar, Jason Walkingshaw, Daniel Senz
  • Patent number: 10662869
    Abstract: An exhaust gas guide section for an exhaust gas turbocharger includes an actuator (1) with a wastegate (9) for opening and closing a bypass channel (31) of the exhaust gas guide section (1), wherein the bypass channel (31) is provided in the exhaust gas guide section (1) that can be flowed through to bypass a turbine wheel of the exhaust gas guide section (1) which is rotatably arranged in the exhaust gas guide section (1) in a wheel chamber of the exhaust gas guide section (1), and wherein the bypass channel (31) has a second flow cross section (33).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: IHI Charging Systems International GmbH
    Inventors: Jason Walkingshaw, Tobias Scheuermann, Georgios Iosifidis, Manfred Guthörle
  • Publication number: 20200149569
    Abstract: A connection device for an exhaust gas turbocharger includes an essentially bent first element and an essentially bent second element. The first element has a radially extending first clamping arm in a first end region and the second element has a radially extending second clamping arm in the first end region opposite the first clamping arm. The first element is movably connected with the second element in a second end region. The first clamping arm and the second clamping arm may be movably connected by a first connecting element of the connection device. The first element comprises a first supporting portion and the second element comprises a second supporting portion between the two end regions. A stiffening element is formed in a transition region between the clamping arm and the supporting portion for increasing the strength of the connection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: IHI Charging Systems International GmbH
    Inventors: Farhad Haddadian, Klaus Sperling
  • Publication number: 20200141309
    Abstract: A regulating device for an exhaust turbocharger, is received in an exhaust gas conducting section of the exhaust turbocharger, with the aid of the regulating device a fluid flow onto a turbine wheel rotatably received in the exhaust gas conducting section can be conditioned, a through-flow opening formed in the exhaust gas conducting section is to be opened and closed with the aid of a valve element of the regulating device, the valve element is arranged on a pivot arm of the regulating device, and wherein the valve element has a sealing surface for avoiding a leak in a closed position of the regulating device. To reduce secondary torques acting upon the valve element during operation, a connection is formed between the pivot arm and the valve element in or at least close to a center of gravity of an effective valve element body of the valve element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: IHI CHARGING SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: ZDENEK REIF, MANFRED GUTHOERLE, ROHIT PAWAR, RALF SCHAWER
  • Publication number: 20200056504
    Abstract: A bearing section for an exhaust turbocharger comprises a receiving opening for receiving a shaft of a rotor assembly of the exhaust turbocharger. The bearing section is designed for positioning bearing elements for supporting the shaft. A lubricant circuit is designed for supplying lubricant to the bearing elements. Lubricant channels are formed in the bearing section. In order to reduce a component temperature of the bearing section, a cooling jacket is provided, through which coolant can flow. The cooling jacket comprises a coolant channel, an inlet channel and an outlet channel. The inlet channel issues at a first opening point into the coolant channel and the outlet channel is connected at a second opening point to the coolant channel in such a way that a flow can pass therethrough. A rib is provided in the coolant channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: IHI Charging Systems International GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard Jungmann
  • Publication number: 20190368416
    Abstract: An exhaust gas turbocharger has a flow-through exhaust gas guide section, a flow-through fresh air guide section and a bearing section arranged between the exhaust gas guide section and the fresh air guide section. It has a rotor assembly, comprising a turbine wheel which is rotatably accommodated in the exhaust gas guide section, a compressor wheel which is rotatably accommodated in the fresh air guide section, and a shaft which non-rotatably connects the compressor wheel with the turbine wheel, wherein the shaft is rotatably supported in the bearing section, and wherein a lubricant supply system with an inlet channel and an outlet channel is formed in the bearing section, via which lubricant may be supplied to the bearing elements of the bearing of the shaft, and wherein a lubricant-rejecting element is implemented. The lubricant-rejecting element comprises baffle elements for diverting a rotating proportion of the lubricant flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: IHI Charging Systems International GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver BAUMANN, Epameinondas CHRISTODOULOPOULOS, Joachim DELITZ, Matthias DEUTSCHER, Marek KWASNITZA
  • Patent number: 10428691
    Abstract: In an exhaust gas turbocharger, comprising a first radial bearing and a second radial bearing configured for the radial support of a shaft of the exhaust gas turbocharger, wherein the first radial bearing comprises a bearing axis extending in alignment with the bearing axis of the second radial bearing which is arranged spaced from the first radial bearing, a third radial bearing with a third bearing axis, which is extends parallel to, but at a distance (E) from, the first bearing axis and the second bearing axis is arranged between the first and second radial bearings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: IHI CHARGING SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Koehl, Richard Markert, Martin Kreschel
  • Patent number: 10330000
    Abstract: In a control device for a flow-through exhaust gas guide section of a turbine for opening and closing a bypass duct to permit exhaust gas to bypass a turbine wheel arranged in a turbine wheel housing of the exhaust gas guide section comprising with an actuating device and a cover element being provided for opening or closing a flow cross-section of the bypass duct, the cover element is a hollow truncated cone with passages provided in the cone-shaped cover element which differ from one another so as to provide for a controllable efficient and quiet exhaust gas flow through the flow cross-section into the bypass duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: IHI CHARGING SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Uibelhoer, Liudmila Khizhnyakova
  • Publication number: 20190145430
    Abstract: A rotor disk for an exhaust turbocharger is mounted in a housing of the exhaust turbocharger able to rotate about an axis of rotation. The rotor disk has a disk hub comprising a disk back and a disk front remote from the disk back. A plurality of rotor disk blades are formed on the disk hub in a manner extending between the disk back and the disk front. A balancing mark is arranged in a blade channel formed between a first blade of the plurality of rotor disk blades and a second blade, arranged adjacent to the first blade, of the plurality of rotor disk blades. A width of the balancing mark is less than a length of the balancing mark. The disclosure also relates to an exhaust turbocharger comprising such a rotor disk and to a method for balancing a rotor assembly for such an exhaust turbocharger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicants: IHI Charging Systems International GmbH, IHI Charging Systems International Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Diana Feustel, Ingo Zähringer, Torsten Gramsch, Martin Kreschel
  • Publication number: 20190136752
    Abstract: The invention relates to a regulating device for a turbocharger. The regulating device (8) is received in a turbocharger (2) exhaust gas conducting section (1) through which exhaust gas can flow, and a fluid flow to a turbine wheel which is rotatably received in the exhaust gas conducting section (1) can be conditioned using the regulating device (8). A flow channel (10; 31) which is formed in the exhaust gas conducting section (1) is to be opened and closed using a cover element (9) of the regulating device (8), and the cover element (9) is arranged on a regulating device (8) pivot arm (38) which can be pivoted about a rotational axis (34). According to the invention, the cover element (9) is designed to open and close a flow channel designed as a bypass channel (31) for bypassing the turbine wheel and/or for opening and closing a flow channel, which is designed as a through-flow opening (10), between a first spiral channel (4) and a second spiral channel (5) of the exhaust gas conducting section (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: IHI Charging Systems International GmbH
    Inventors: Hermann BURMESTER, Klaus SPERLING, Manfred GUTHÖRLE, Rohit PAWAR, Jason WALKINGSHAW, Daniel SENZ
  • Publication number: 20190128140
    Abstract: A bearing device for an exhaust gas turbocharger, comprising a first radial bearing and a second radial bearing, the radial bearings radially support a shaft with an axis of rotation of the exhaust gas turbocharger, and wherein a first outflow gap and a second outflow gap, respectively, are formed between the first radial bearing and a radially extending first supporting wall of the turbocharger, which faces a turbine wheel of the exhaust gas turbocharger for axially supporting the first radial bearing, and the second radial bearing and a radially extending second supporting wall of the turbocharger, which faces a compressor wheel of the exhaust gas turbocharger for axially supporting the second radial bearing. The first outflow gap and/or the second outflow gap is configured inclined or curved relative to the axis of rotation for the axial and simultaneously radial support and/or for the backup of the radial support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicants: IHI CHARGING SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL GMBH, IHI CHARGING SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: TORSTEN GRAMSCH, MARTIN KRESCHEL
  • Patent number: 10233828
    Abstract: A base portion of the support ring includes as many joining areas as connection pins. The joining areas respectively surround pin holes through which to insert end portions of the connection pins, and are arranged in a circumferential direction of the support ring. Cuts are formed around each joining area of the support ring in order to allow deformation of an intermediate portion of the support ring relative to the joining area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignees: IHI Corporation, IHI Charging Systems International GmbH
    Inventors: Kenichi Segawa, Nobuyuki Ikeya, Tobias Scheuermann, Thorben Kotzbacher
  • Publication number: 20190072030
    Abstract: The invention relates to an exhaust gas guide section for an exhaust gas turbocharger, with a control device, comprising a cover element (9) for opening and closing a bypass duct (31) of the exhaust gas guide section (1), wherein the bypass duct (31) is provided in the through-flow exhaust gas guide section (1) for bypassing a turbine wheel which is rotatably accommodated in a wheel chamber of the exhaust gas guide section (1), and wherein the bypass duct (31) comprises a second flow cross section (33). According to the invention, the second flow cross section (33) may be degressively opened by means of the cover element (9) at least starting from a closed position into an intermediate position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: IHI Charging Systems International GmbH
    Inventors: Jason WALKINGSHAW, Tobias SCHEUERMANN, Georgios IOSIFIDIS, Manfred GUTHÖRLE
  • Publication number: 20190003337
    Abstract: In a rotary assembly for an exhaust gas turbocharger, with a turbine wheel, a compressor wheel which is non-rotatably connected with the turbine wheel by means of a shaft, and an intermediate component of the rotary assembly, which is arranged on the shaft between the compressor wheel and the turbine wheel, at least one of the surfaces of the intermediate component and at least one of a third surface of the compressor wheel and a fourth surface of the shaft comprises projections which are harder than a base of the surface arranged on the opposite side with which they are engaged thereby to increase a permissible operating torque of the exhaust gas turbocharger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: IHI CHARGING SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventor: Tino STRAUSS
  • Publication number: 20190003376
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control device for a turbocharger, comprising an exhaust gas conducting section through which fluid can flow and which includes a bypass duct for bypassing a turbine wheel that is rotatably arranged in the exhaust gas conducting section, and comprising an adjusting arm (3) for accommodating a valve element (2) provided for opening or blocking a flow cross-section of the bypass duct; the adjusting arm (3) is movably accommodated in the exhaust gas conducting section; furthermore, a flexible element (14) is provided at least for securing the valve element (2) in place on the adjusting arm (3). According to the invention, the flexible element (14) is designed so as to be radially slidable in order to reduce adjustment forces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: IHI Charging Systems International GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf SCHAWER, Jens ZWEYDINGER
  • Publication number: 20190003377
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control device for a turbocharger, comprising an exhaust gas conducting section through which fluid can flow and which includes a bypass duct for bypassing a turbine wheel that is rotatably arranged in the exhaust gas conducting section, and comprising an adjusting arm (3) for accommodating a valve element (2) provided for opening or blocking a flow cross-section of the bypass duct; the adjusting arm (3) is movably accommodated in the exhaust gas conducting section; furthermore, a flexible element (14) is provided at least for securing the valve element (2) in place on the adjusting arm (3). According to the invention, the flexible element (14) is designed to be retained radially and axially by the valve element (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: IHI Charging Systems International GmbH
    Inventors: Lorenz JAENIKE, Ralf SCHAWER, Jens ZWEYDINGER