Abstract: A turbocharger includes a turbine with a housing and a rotor for expanding a first medium; a compressor with a housing and a rotor for compressing a second medium utilizing energy extracted in the turbine during expansion of the first medium. A housing surrounds the turbine housing and/or the compressor housing and/or the bearing housing at least in sections, which housing is at least formed from a first housing section and a second housing section, which are connected to one another via screw connections. On the first housing section, shearing force absorption elements are formed or fastened which extend through the second housing section and in the event that shearing forces occur, absorb the shearing forces and thus relieve the screw connections of the shearing forces.

Abstract: A turbocharger, with a turbine for expanding a first medium, a compressor for compressing a second medium utilising energy extracted in the turbine during expansion of the first medium. A turbine housing and a compressor housing are connected to a bearing housing. A casing radially and axially surrounds the turbine housing, the compressor housing, and/or the bearing housing at least in sections, which is connected to the respective housing via multiple fastening devices. At least some of the fastening devices extend through a wall of the casing into the housing include metallic damping elements made of wire on opposite sides of the wall of the casing through which the same extend.

Abstract: A voltage supply system for supplying an electric consumer with an electric target voltage and an electric target energy, with a plurality of automotive traction battery modules. Each automotive traction battery module has an electric actual voltage and an electric actual energy. The automotive traction battery modules are interconnected dependent on the electric target voltage, the electric actual voltage, the electric target energy, and the electric actual energy in series connections and/or in a parallel connection to form at least one traction battery module group.

Abstract: A bearing bush of a turbocharger for radially mounting a shaft of the turbocharger. The bearing bush on an inner surface facing the shaft to be mounted, which forms a running surface of the bearing bush, has a microstructuring of multiple cup-shaped recesses at least in sections. The recesses have a maximum depth.

Abstract: A radial compressor having an impeller having a housing with a radially outer and a radially inner insertion section a main flow channel for suppling a medium towards the impeller, a circulation chamber radially outside of the main flow channel separated from the main flow channel by a contour wall and connected to the insertion section via struts. The main flow channel is delimited by the contour wall and by a first segment of the insertion section. The struts engage with a second segment of the insertion section. The second segment of the insertion section engages with a downstream end of the first segment of the insertion section. The upstream end of the first segment of the insertion section protrudes freely in the direction of the contour wall. The first segment of the insertion section has a constant thickness.

Abstract: A turbocharger, has a turbine for expanding a first medium and a compressor for compressing a second medium. The turbine includes a turbine housing and a turbine rotor. The compressor includes a compressor housing and a compressor rotor coupled to the turbine rotor via a shaft. A bearing housing is arranged between the compressor and turbine housings in which the shaft is mounted. The turbine and bearing housings are connected via a fastening device mounted on a flange of the turbine housing with a first section and a second section that covers a flange of the bearing housing at least in sections. The fastening device is contoured curved on a surface of the second section facing the flange of the bearing housing.

Abstract: A radial compressor of an exhaust gas turbocharger, with a rotating impeller, a fixed housing; a main flow passage defined by the housing for feeding a medium to be compressed towards the impeller; a secondary flow chamber arranged radially outside the main flow passage, which is separated from the main flow passage by a contour wall and is connected to the main flow passage via a secondary flow opening; struts extending in the secondary flow chamber, via which the contour wall is connected to the housing. The struts are curved having a first connecting section of the contour wall that extends in the radial direction and a second connecting section on the housing that extends in the axial direction.

Abstract: An oil container of a combustion engine. Oil collected in the oil container can be, conveyed to the combustion engine and back into the oil container, having a central oil chamber out of which oil can be suctioned and lateral oil chambers positioned either obliquely above or obliquely below the central oil chamber depending on an oblique position of the oil container. Oil is directed to the lateral oil chambers from the combustion engine, and, depending on the oblique position of the oil container, the central oil chamber can be coupled to a first lateral oil chamber that is adjacent to the central oil chamber on a first side of the central oil chamber, or to a second lateral oil chamber that is adjacent to the central oil chamber on a second side of the central oil chamber, via a respective passively controlled check valve.

Abstract: A method for producing a turbomachine impeller, which has a radially inner hub body, a radially outer shroud body and blades extending between the hub body and the shroud body. The blades, the hub body and the shroud body are designed as an integral, monolithic assembly includes providing a blank; milling the blank to form a basic contour of the hub body, the shroud body, and the blades; performing build-up welding or additive manufacturing at least once on the main contour that is formed and subsequently performing milling at least once on portions that are formed by the build-up welding.

Abstract: A turbo compressor of an exhaust gas recirculation of an internal combustion engine, with a compressor housing, a compressor rotor, a shaft that is coupled to the compressor rotor and mounted in the compressor housing, a piston ring seal to prevent an exhaust gas blow-by flow in the direction of bearings, and a labyrinth seal, which seen in the direction of the exhaust gas blow-by flow, is positioned upstream of the piston ring seal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a rotor of a flow engine, namely an integrally bladed rotor with an integral outer shroud, comprising at least the following steps: a rotor blank comprising the integral rotor blades and the integral outer shroud is first produced by means of a generative production method; the rotor blank is then subjected to a separating surface treatment at flow-guiding sections and is subjected, separately therefrom, to a machining surface treatment at non-flow-guiding sections.

Abstract: A casing of a turbocharger, which surrounds a housing to be encased such as a turbine housing and/or a compressor housing and/or a bearing housing of the turbocharger at least in sections, with axial casing segments, which axially adjoin the housing to be encased, with at least one radial casing segment, which radially adjoins the housing to be encased radially outside, and at least one stiffening element is formed or acts on at least one casing segment.

Abstract: Machine tool with a workpiece receptacle for receiving a workpiece to be machined and with a tool receptacle for receiving a tool that is needed for machining a workpiece. A hardness measuring device is integrated in the machine tool, and a hardness measurement can be carried out in an automated manner at the workpiece by the hardness measuring device.

Abstract: A turbine for a turbocharger, for expanding a medium, with a turbine rotor, having a turbine housing with an insert piece, which runs radially outside of the adjoining blades of the turbine rotor. The insert piece at an upstream end, includes a first flange and a second flange at a downstream end. The insert piece, in a middle section, which extends between the first flange and the second flange, has an approximately constant thickness.

Abstract: A casing of a turbocharger surrounds a housing to be encased at least in sections, with axial casing segments, which follow the housing to be encased axially outside, and with radial casing segments, which follow the housing to be encased radially outside. In the radial casing segments slot-like material recesses are introduced. Two adjacent slot-like material recesses delimit a strap of a respective radial casing segment. In a region of the respective strap, the radial casing segments are exclusively connected to the housing to be encased. Outside the respective strap, the radial casing segments are exclusively connected to the axial casing segments.

Abstract: Method for operating an internal combustion engine which has a gas combustion system and an exhaust gas post-treatment system. Exhaust gas that leaves the gas combustion system is directed to at least one CH4 oxidation catalytic converter of the exhaust gas post-treatment system. The CH4/NO2 mole ratio in the exhaust gas is set in a defined fashion by at least one gas-combustion-system-side and/or exhaust-gas-post-treatment-system-side measure upstream of at least one CH4 oxidation catalytic converter.

Abstract: A radial compressor, with a rotor-side impeller, a stator-side housing, an inflow passage via which medium to be compressed can be fed to the impeller in the axial direction, a diffuser via which compressed medium can be conducted in the radial direction away from the impeller in the direction of a spiral housing section of the housing The diffuser radially outside in a transition region to the spiral housing section has an enlarging flow cross section.

Abstract: A method for working a housing of a turbocharger, namely a bearing housing or a compressor housing or a turbine housing of the turbocharger has the following steps: providing the housing to be worked, filling at least one hollow space of the housing to be worked with an incompressible fluid; and building-up a fluid pressure in the respective hollow space filled with the incompressible fluid, at least locally deforming plastically a housing portion of the housing limiting the respective hollow space of the housing at least in portions.

Abstract: A capacitive ignition system for an internal combustion engine includes a voltage converter which has two primary terminals and two secondary terminals a primary voltage source has two voltage source terminals (A+, A?) which are connected in each instance to one of the primary terminals so that a primary circuit is formed; a switch which is incorporated within the primary circuit and a controller so that the switch can be closed and opened; a first control device constructed to actuate the controller in accordance with an ignition pattern for closing and/or opening; an electrical capacitance (C1, C2) within the primary circuit; and a second control device (25) constructed to maintain constant a voltage rise at the secondary terminals, which occurs in order to reach the ignition voltage, as the ignition energy requirement of an ignition device connected to the secondary terminals changes.

Abstract: A turbomachine, with a flow-conducting assembly, which on a first side serves for the flow-conduction of a first medium, which has a first temperature, and which on a second side is coolable with a second medium, which has a second temperature, that is lower than the first temperature, and with an impingement grille including openings which extend spaced from the flow-conducting assembly, wherein via the openings of the impingement grille the second medium is directable onto the second side of the flow-conducting assembly. In the region of at least some of the openings of the impingement grille, flow-conducting elements for the second medium are formed, which emanating from the impingement grille extend in the direction of the second side of the flow-conducting assembly to be cooled.