Abstract: A turbocharger includes a turbine housing. The turbine housing includes a turbine inlet wall defining an inlet passage, an exducer shroud wall defining an exducer interior, a turbine outlet wall defining an outlet passage, a wastegate port wall defining a wastegate channel, and a bushing wall coupled to the wastegate port wall and defining a bushing boss extending along a bushing axis, and a valve seat disposed about the wastegate channel. The turbocharger also includes a wastegate assembly. The wastegate assembly includes a valve element engageable with the valve seat. The wastegate port wall is disposed outside of the exducer interior such that the wastegate port wall and the bushing wall are configured to be thermally decoupled from the turbine inlet wall and such that relative displacement between the valve seat and the bushing axis is reduced during operation of the turbocharger.

Abstract: A vehicle supercharging system and a control method thereof are disclosed. The vehicle supercharging system includes: an engine generating power according to combustion of a fuel; a transmission including at least one friction clutch; an electric supercharger that compresses air by rotational force of a motor; an engine-side supercharging path part branching from an air supplying line that supplies air to the engine, passing through the electric supercharger, and joining the air supplying line; a transmission-side supercharging path part that sucks air separately from the engine-side air supplying line, passes through the electric supercharger, and supplies compressed air to the transmission; and a controller that operates the electric supercharger according to a driving state of a vehicle and that controls the engine-side supercharging path part for boosting the engine and the transmission-side supercharging path part for cooling or warming the transmission through control of valves.

Abstract: A turbine arrangement for an exhaust gas turbocharger includes a turbine housing, a turbine wheel that is arranged in the turbine housing and has an axis of rotation, and a variable turbine geometry arrangement (VTG arrangement). The VTG arrangement includes a bearing ring, a disc, multiple vanes rotatably mounted in the bearing ring, and a contour sleeve that is coupled with the disc. The turbine housing comprises an axial stop, against which the contour sleeve stops in order to secure the VTG arrangement in an axial direction within the turbine housing.

Abstract: An injector comprises at least one injection nozzle, a dosing system to provide a dosed flow of reducing agent to the at least one or each injection nozzle, and an injection line fluidically connecting the dosing system to the at least one or each injection nozzle. The injection line comprises an upstream pipe fluidically connected to the dosing system, at least one downstream pipe fluidically connected to a respective injection nozzle, and at least one anti-backflow device to avoid or minimize fluidic flow from the at least one or each downstream pipe toward the upstream pipe.

Abstract: An adjustable trim system for a turbocharger compressor including a ported shroud for a vehicle propulsion system includes a compressor inlet adjustor positioned in a compressor air inlet and being continuously adjustable between a fully open configuration, a ported shroud closed configuration, and a partially-open ported shroud recirculation configuration between the fully open configuration and the ported shroud closed configuration, and a compressor inlet adjustor control module that adjusts the configuration of the compressor inlet adjustor to a configuration between the fully open configuration and the ported shroud closed configuration when the turbocharger pressure ratio is higher than a predetermined pressure ratio threshold and the compressor corrected air flow into the compressor housing inlet is less than a maximum compressor corrected air flow of a compressor flow map for the turbocharger compressor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for exhaust gas aftertreatment in an internal combustion engine. For purposes of the exhaust gas aftertreatment in the internal combustion engine, an exhaust gas system is provided in which a first three-way catalytic converter is arranged, as seen in the direction in which the exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine flows through the exhaust gas system, while at least another three-way catalytic converter is arranged downstream from the first three-way catalytic converter. Here, at least one lambda probe is arranged in an exhaust gas channel of the exhaust gas system upstream from the appertaining three-way catalytic converters. In the proposed method, a component temperature of the three-way catalytic converters is determined and compared to a light-OFF temperature.

Abstract: A method of treating exhaust gas in an exhaust passage using a selective catalytic reduction system is provided. The system comprises a hydrolysis catalyst in the passage upstream of a SCR catalyst, and a diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) dosing unit for injecting DEF onto the hydrolysis catalyst at a variable DEF dosing rate. The method comprises the steps of predicting an initial DEF dosing rate for converting all nitrogen oxide (NOx) contained in the exhaust gas, and estimating an amount of ammonia stored on the SCR catalyst. The method further comprises the steps of measuring a NOx conversion rate for the system, and adjusting the initial DEF dosing rate based upon the ammonia storage estimate and the measured NOx conversion rate to produce a first adjusted DEF dosing rate. An amount of ammonia-equivalent stored on the hydrolysis catalyst is then estimated, and the first adjusted DEF dosing rate is adjusted based upon the ammonia-equivalent storage estimate to produce a second adjusted DEF dosing rate.

Abstract: A power electronics assembly that controls an electrically-actuated turbocharger includes a printed circuit board (PCB) having a non-conductive substrate supporting one or more electrical components that attach to the non-conductive substrate on one or more sides of the PCB; one or more conductive layers that couple with the non-conductive substrate and conduct electrical current within the PCB; a fluid barrier layer applied to an outer surface of the non-conductive substrate or conductor layer; and a PCB housing, configured to couple with the electrically-actuated turbocharger, having a fluid cavity that communicates liquid from an internal combustion engine (ICE) to the fluid barrier layer separating the liquid and the PCB.

Abstract: A falsification prevention structure is to prevent falsification of the performance of a turbocharger. A bearing housing of the turbocharger has a flow rate adjustment screw which is operated to adjust a turbine flow rate of the turbocharger. The falsification prevention structure includes a cover member which is fastened to a flange portion of the bearing housing by a fixing bolt and which covers the flow rate adjustment screw, and a cap which is mounted in an irremovable manner with respect to the cover member and which blocks a bolt hole.

Abstract: A turbocharger system includes a valve member with at least one valve passage. The valve member is supported for rotation about an axis of rotation between a first position, a second position, and a third position. The axis of rotation is oriented transverse to flow within a first volute passage and a second volute passage. The valve passage, with the valve member in the first position, provides a cross flow path between the first volute passage and the second volute passage and provides a bypass flow path from at least one of the first and second volute passages and a bypass passage. In the second position, the valve passage provides the cross flow path, and the valve member substantially prevents flow along the bypass flow path. The valve member, in the third position, substantially prevents flow along the cross flow path and the bypass flow path.

Abstract: An actuator includes a plurality of artificial muscle fibers and at least one conducting material. The at least one conducting material electrically stimulates the plurality of artificial muscle fibers during activation of the actuator. An actuator device includes at least one artificial muscle fiber and at least one high-strength creep-resistant fiber.

Abstract: A vehicle supercharging system may include: an engine; a transmission; a dual-turbine electric supercharger that compresses air and has a first turbine and a second turbine; an engine-side supercharging path part that branches out from an air supplying line configured to supply air to the engine, passes through the first turbine and then joins into the air supplying line; a transmission-side supercharging path part that sucks air separately from the engine-side air supplying line, passes through the second turbine, and then supplies compressed air to the transmission; and a controller that operates the dual-turbine electric supercharger according to a driving state of a vehicle and that individually controls valves provided in the engine-side supercharging path part and the transmission-side supercharging path part.

Abstract: Disclosed is a turbocharger for an internal combustion engine, having a bearing housing. A turbocharger rotor is mounted to be rotatable in the bearing housing about the rotor axis of rotation of its rotor shaft, wherein a turbine wheel is arranged for conjoint rotation on the rotor shaft and in a turbine housing fixed on the bearing housing. Between the rotor shaft and the bearing housing, an oil seal for sealing the bearing housing with respect to the turbine housing is arranged between the turbine wheel and a radial bearing associated with the turbine wheel in order to seal the bearing housing with respect to the turbine housing. A predetermined breaking point is formed for the turbocharger rotor of the turbocharger which lies in a breaking point region and extends axially between the turbine wheel back and an axial end, facing the turbine wheel back, of the rotor-shaft oil seal.

Abstract: A turbine with variable turbine geometry for an internal combustion engine. The turbine includes a bearing housing, a turbine housing, and a cartridge which has a blade bearing ring for mounting a plurality of adjustable blades. The cartridge is fixed on the bearing housing via at least three bolts.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for coordinating operation of a high pressure EGR control loop with a boost pressure control loop. In one example, following a tip-in, turbine vane position may be adjusted as a function of a maximum permissible exhaust pressure upstream of a turbocharger turbine. The maximum permissible exhaust pressure may be determined as a function of a HP EGR valve position at the time of the tip-in.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a comprex charger. In one example, a comprex charger is integrally arranged with an electric machine and shares a cooling arrangement therewith.

Abstract: A valve device for an exhaust-gas bypass path of a turbocharger, including: a plate-like valve element, movable between a closed position and an open position and which has a shaft, which is connected to a valve element carrier for limited movement in the shaft direction; a rotatably held spindle, to which the valve element carrier is fixedly connected; a valve seat for the valve element, which valve seat surrounds an exhaust-gas through-opening; and an annular sheet-metal spring element, which has an opening through which the valve element shaft extends, an outer ring region, an inner ring region, which is axially offset relative to the outer ring region and adjoins the spring element opening, and an annular transition region therebetween; the width of the spring element transition region being variable around the spring element opening such that the valve element can be adapted to the valve seat as easily as possible.

Abstract: A dual volute turbocharger for use with an internal combustion engine includes a valve for controlling exhaust gas flow to a turbine housing interior of the dual volute turbocharger. The dual volute turbocharger also includes a first volute and a second volute each adapted for fluid communication with the internal combustion engine. The dual volute turbocharger further includes a wall separating the first and second volutes and a valve seat. The valve seat and the wall collectively define a valve cavity. The valve is movable between a closed position and an open position. The valve and the wall of the turbine housing collectively define a first cross-sectional flow area. The valve and the valve seat collectively define a second cross-sectional flow area. A method of controlling the valve of the dual volute turbocharger is also disclosed.

Abstract: There is provided an exhaust casing for a turbocharger that can be reduced in weight and can be easily machined. The exhaust casing (1) for the turbocharger includes an exhaust casing body (2) for the turbocharger that has a hollow structure and is made of a casting of iron-based metal, a light metal layer (3) that serves as an outer shell, and a heat insulating layer (4) that is provided between the exhaust casing body (2) and the light metal layer (3).

Abstract: A turbo charger is provided. The turbo charger includes a compressor housing having a compressor wheel rotatably installed therein and a sliding block configured to guide an airflow inflowing toward the compressor wheel and to slide along a rotational axis of the compressor wheel to form a slit between the compressor housing and the sliding block. An elastic bias is provided to elastically bias the sliding block in a direction in which the sliding block maximally reduces the size of the slit and a pressurizing device is provided to bias the sliding block in a direction in which the slit is maximally enlarged by air pressure provided by the compressor wheel.