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(11) EP 0 678 657 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
22.11.1995 Bulletin 1995/47

(43) Date of publication A2:
25.10.1995 Bulletin 1995/43

(21) Application number: 95107138.0

(22) Date of filing: 26.05.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: F01D 17/14, F01D 17/16, F02C 6/12
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE DE FR IT NL SE

(30) Priority: 27.05.1988 GB 8812664
20.07.1988 GB 8817230
21.11.1988 GB 8827153
28.11.1988 GB 8827761
27.01.1989 GB 8901803

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
89906165.9 / 0442884

(71) Applicant: LEAVESLEY, Malcolm George
Bow, London E3 2DW (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • LEAVESLEY, Malcolm George
    Bow, London E3 2DW (GB)

(74) Representative: Jones, Graham H. 
Graham Jones & Company 77 Beaconsfield Road Blackheath
London SE3 7LG
London SE3 7LG (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
     
    Remarks:
    This application was filed on 11 - 05 - 1995 as a divisional application to the application mentioned under INID code 60.
     


    (54) Turbocharger apparatus


    (57) Variable turbocharger apparatus (2) comprising a compressor housing (64), a compressor (6) mounted for rotation in the housing (64), a turbine housing (4), a turbine (12) mounted for rotation in the housing (4), a first inlet (16) for enabling air to be conducted to the compressor (6), an outlet (18) for air from the compressor (6), a second inlet (20) for enabling exhaust gases from an engine to be conducted to the turbine (12), a chamber (22) which surrounds the turbine (12) and which receives the exhaust gases from the second inlet (20) before the exhaust gases are conducted to the turbine (12), a piston (24) which is positioned between the turbine (12) and the housing (4) and which is slidable backwards and forwards to form a movable wall separating the turbine (12) from the chamber (22) which surrounds the turbine (12), a bearing assembly (68) for allowing the rotation of the compressor (6) and the turbine, and a heat shield, (201) for shielding the bearing assembly (68) from the exhaust gases, and the piston (24) having a plurality of vanes (102) which enter into slots (260) in the heat shield (201).






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