Patent ID: 11879348
Assignee: PROGRESS RAIL LOCOMOTIVE INC.
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  Y | IPC F

Claim 7:
8. A bearing assembly for a turbocharger installed within a turbocharger housing between a turbine wheel and a compressor impeller mounted for rotation together on a turbocharger shaft, wherein the turbocharger housing includes a compressor bearing housing between the turbine wheel and the compressor impeller and having a bearing mounting flange, the bearing assembly comprising:
a journal bearing disposed on a corresponding portion of the turbocharger shaft;
a thrust bearing having a thrust bearing surface; and
a bearing carrier comprising:
a carrier body mounted to the bearing mounting flange of the compressor bearing housing to support the bearing carrier in the axial direction and the radial direction,
a carrier body bore extending axially through the carrier body and receiving the journal bearing therein, and
a thrust bearing seat on the exterior of the carrier body facing the turbine wheel, wherein the thrust bearing seat has a complimentary shape to the thrust bearing surface of the thrust bearing, the thrust bearing disposed between the carrier body and the turbine wheel and engaging the thrust bearing seat.