Abstract: The present invention improves the drainability of lubricating oil at a thrust bearing. The present invention comprises: a rotating shaft; a thrust bearing that is provided to the rotating shaft and restricts the axial-direction movement of the rotating shaft; and an oil reservoir part (20) that has formed therein an oil reservoir space (20a) that is provided to be adjacent to the thrust bearing in the axial direction and to open downward, the oil reservoir space (20a) having formed therein an inclined surface (20aa) that, in a region that is in and below a horizontal plane H that passes through the center of the rotating shaft, protrudes to the thrust bearing side and is inclined along the rotational direction of the rotating shaft.

Abstract: A turbocharger according to one embodiment of this invention includes: a rotation shaft; a compressor impeller; a compressor housing; a bearing housing connected to the compressor housing and configured to define a diffuser flow path between the bearing housing and the compressor housing; a thrust plate configured to support the rotation shaft in an axial direction; an insert component configured to retain the thrust plate between the insert component and a protruding wall portion in the bearing housing; a snap ring configured to be inserted in a first circumferential groove formed in an inner peripheral wall surface of the bearing housing, to thereby fix the insert component in a state in which the insert component is pressed against the thrust plate; and a diffuser component having a diffuser surface extending along a direction orthogonal to an axis of the rotation shaft between the inner peripheral wall surface of an end portion of the bearing housing on one side thereof and an outer peripheral edge of the

Abstract: Reduce bearing loss due to lubricating oil using a rotary shaft; a journal bearing that is provided to the rotary shaft and that rotatably supports the rotary shaft; a flange part having an opposing surface part that is arranged so as to oppose a side surface part of the journal bearing with a gap therebetween in the axial direction in which the rotary shaft extends; and a recess part provided in the side surface part or the opposing surface part. In the projected area of the journal bearing in the axial direction, the area of a section including the recess part and not forming the gap is larger than the area in which the side surface part and the opposing surface part form the gap.

Abstract: This turbocharger includes a rotating shaft extending along an axis, a turbine wheel provided at a first end portion of the rotating shaft, a compressor wheel provided at a second end portion of the rotating shaft, a housing accommodating at least a portion of the rotating shaft, bearings provided in the housing and configured to support the rotating shaft, supply flow paths supplying lubricating oil to the bearings, a discharge oil chamber formed in the housing and to which the lubricating oil is discharged from the bearings, and an oil drainage port formed below the discharge oil chamber, in which at least one of the discharge oil chamber and the oil drainage port is formed to be asymmetric between a first region and a second region defined by a vertical plane including the axis of the rotating shaft as a boundary plane.

Abstract: A turbocharger according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a rotating shaft, a compressor, a turbine, a compressor-side floating bearing and a turbine-side floating bearing that rotatably support the rotating shaft, and a bearing housing that houses the compressor-side floating bearing and the turbine-side floating bearing, the bearing housing being internally provided with a turbine-side oil feeding passage through which oil to be fed to the turbine-side floating bearing flows and a compressor-side oil feeding passage through which oil to be fed to the compressor-side floating bearing flows. A ratio of an oil feeding pressure for oil at an outlet of the compressor-side oil feeding passage to an oil feeding pressure for oil at an outlet of the turbine-side oil feeding passage is configured to be higher than 1.0 and lower than 1.5.

Abstract: An oil-drain device for a thrust bearing includes: a rotor shaft; a collar member mounted to an outer periphery of the rotor shaft; a thrust bearing supporting the rotor shaft in an axial direction; and an oil-drain space forming member defining an oil-drain space through which lubricant oil leaking from a sliding portion of the thrust bearing flows, between the thrust bearing and the oil-drain space forming member. The oil-drain space includes: an oil-drain channel defined between a first end surface of the thrust bearing and a first end surface of the oil-drain space forming member, surrounding the flange portion of the collar member; and an oil-drain port formed below the oil-drain channel, for discharging the lubricant oil flowing through the oil-drain channel outside the oil-drain space.

Abstract: An object is to provide a floating bush bearing device including a circumferential groove over the entire circumference of an outer peripheral surface of a floating bush while ensuring that a pressing force is applied by lubricant oil to the floating bush to reduce oscillation, as well as a turbocharger provided with the bearing device.

Abstract: A floating-bush bearing device (1) for rotatably supporting a rotational shaft (2), includes: a floating bush (3) having a cylindrical shape and including a bearing hole (33) into which the rotational shaft (2) is to be inserted; and a bearing housing (4) which rotatably houses the floating bush (3).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bearing device comprising: a rotating shaft (14); journal bearings (21, 22) in each of which the outer circumferential surface and the inner circumferential surface do not communicate with one another, the journal bearings being provided to the rotating shaft (14) and rotatably supporting the rotating shaft (14) at at least two sites in the axial direction; a bearing housing (16) that forms a space (16A) for housing the journal bearings (21, 22); a third supply passage (43) and a fourth supply passage (44) which are outer circumferential surface-side lubricating oil supply passages that respectively communicate, in the space (16A), with locations of the outer circumferential surface of the respective journal bearings (21, 22); and a sixth supply passage (46) which is an intermediate-section lubricating oil supply passage that communicates, in the space (16A), with a location between the journal bearings (21, 22).

Abstract: The present invention improves the drainability of lubricating oil at a thrust bearing. The present invention comprises: a rotating shaft; a thrust bearing that is provided to the rotating shaft and restricts the axial-direction movement of the rotating shaft; and an oil reservoir part (20) that has formed therein an oil reservoir space (20a) that is provided to be adjacent to the thrust bearing in the axial direction and to open downward, the oil reservoir space (20a) having formed therein an inclined surface (20aa) that, in a region that is in and below a horizontal plane H that passes through the center of the rotating shaft, protrudes to the thrust bearing side and is inclined along the rotational direction of the rotating shaft.

Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to reduce bearing loss due to lubricating oil. This invention comprises: a rotary shaft (14); a journal bearing (22) that is provided to the rotary shaft (14) and that rotatably supports the rotary shaft (14); a flange part (17b) having an opposing surface part (17bb) that is arranged so as to oppose a side surface part (22d) of the journal bearing (22) with a gap (D) therebetween in the axial direction in which the rotary shaft (14) extends; and a recess part (22e) provided in the side surface part (22d) or the opposing surface part (17bb). In the projected area of the journal bearing (22) in the axial direction, the area of a section including the recess part (22e) and not forming the gap (D) is larger than the area in which the side surface part (22d) and the opposing surface part (17bb) form the gap (D).

Abstract: This turbocharger includes a rotating shaft extending along an axis, a turbine wheel provided at a first end portion of the rotating shaft, a compressor wheel provided at a second end portion of the rotating shaft, a housing accommodating at least a portion of the rotating shaft, bearings provided in the housing and configured to support the rotating shaft, supply flow paths supplying lubricating oil to the bearings, a discharge oil chamber formed in the housing and to which the lubricating oil is discharged from the bearings, and an oil drainage port formed below the discharge oil chamber, in which at least one of the discharge oil chamber and the oil drainage port is formed to be asymmetric between a first region and a second region defined by a vertical plane including the axis of the rotating shaft as a boundary plane.

Abstract: A bearing device for a turbocharger according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: a rotational shaft; a journal bearing device including a compressor-side journal bearing and a turbine-side journal bearing; a bearing housing including a compressor-side bearing supporting portion, a turbine-side bearing supporting portion, and a bearing housing main body; and a lubricant oil guide member extending along a circumference direction of the rotational shaft, at an outer circumference side of at least one of the compressor-side bearing supporting portion and the turbine-side bearing supporting portion.

Abstract: A floating-bush bearing device (1) for rotatably supporting a rotational shaft (2), includes: a floating bush (3) having a cylindrical shape and including a bearing hole (33) into which the rotational shaft (2) is to be inserted; and a bearing housing (4) which rotatably houses the floating bush (3).

Abstract: A turbocharger according to one embodiment of this invention includes: a rotation shaft; a compressor impeller; a compressor housing; a bearing housing connected to the compressor housing and configured to define a diffuser flow path between the bearing housing and the compressor housing; a thrust plate configured to support the rotation shaft in an axial direction; an insert component configured to retain the thrust plate between the insert component and a protruding wall portion in the bearing housing; a snap ring configured to be inserted in a first circumferential groove formed in an inner peripheral wall surface of the bearing housing, to thereby fix the insert component in a state in which the insert component is pressed against the thrust plate; and a diffuser component having a diffuser surface extending along a direction orthogonal to an axis of the rotation shaft between the inner peripheral wall surface of an end portion of the bearing housing on one side thereof and an outer peripheral edge of the

Abstract: Said coating structure is provided with: a chemical conversion layer (11), which is formed by chemical conversion coating so as to cover the surface of an impeller body (10) obtained from a magnesium alloy that contains magnesium as the main component and which has a film thickness within a previously determined range; and a plating layer (12) formed so as to cover the chemical conversion layer (11).

Abstract: A rotary machine is provided with: a flange section protruding in the radial direction of a rotating shaft which rotates about an axis and rotating together with the rotating shaft; a stationary bush disposed at a distance in the direction of the axis from the flange section, surrounding the outer peripheral surface of the rotating shaft, and provided in a housing supporting the rotating shaft so as to be immovable in the direction of the axis relative to the rotating shaft; and a rotation bush which is disposed between the flange section and the stationary bush so as to be sandwiched there between in the direction of the axis, covers the outer peripheral surface of the rotating shaft, and is rotatable relative to the rotating shaft and the housing while floating in fluid. The rotation bush has, on the surface thereof which faces the direction of the axis, a land surface and a tapered surface which is continuous with the land surface.

Abstract: A bearing device for a turbocharger according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: a rotational shaft; a journal bearing device including a compressor-side journal bearing and a turbine-side journal bearing; a bearing housing including a compressor-side bearing supporting portion, a turbine-side bearing supporting portion, and a bearing housing main body; and a lubricant oil guide member extending along a circumference direction of the rotational shaft, at an outer circumference side of at least one of the compressor-side bearing supporting portion and the turbine-side bearing supporting portion.

Abstract: A turbocharger according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a rotating shaft, a compressor, a turbine, a compressor-side floating bearing and a turbine-side floating bearing that rotatably support the rotating shaft, and a bearing housing that houses the compressor-side floating bearing and the turbine-side floating bearing, the bearing housing being internally provided with a turbine-side oil feeding passage through which oil to be fed to the turbine-side floating bearing flows and a compressor-side oil feeding passage through which oil to be fed to the compressor-side floating bearing flows. A ratio of an oil feeding pressure for oil at an outlet of the compressor-side oil feeding passage to an oil feeding pressure for oil at an outlet of the turbine-side oil feeding passage is configured to be higher than 1.0 and lower than 1.5.

Abstract: An oil-drain device for a thrust bearing includes: a rotor shaft; a collar member mounted to an outer periphery of the rotor shaft; a thrust bearing supporting the rotor shaft in an axial direction; and an oil-drain space forming member defining an oil-drain space through which lubricant oil leaking from a sliding portion of the thrust bearing flows, between the thrust bearing and the oil-drain space forming member. The oil-drain space includes: an oil-drain channel defined between a first end surface of the thrust bearing and a first end surface of the oil-drain space forming member, surrounding the flange portion of the collar member; and an oil-drain port formed below the oil-drain channel, for discharging the lubricant oil flowing through the oil-drain channel outside the oil-drain space.