Patent ID: 9353645
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: F01D,F05D

Claim Text:
1. A product for a turbocharger assembly comprising: a turbine wheel assembly adapted to rotate when exposed to a flow of gas; a vane ring disposed in the turbine wheel assembly and having an outer circumference radially spaced from a housing; a plurality of vanes mounted to the vane ring, wherein the flow of gas meets the plurality of vanes at an angle of incidence, the plurality of vanes being adjustable to selectively change the angle of incidence; wherein the vane ring has at least one slot that is elongated and adapted to direct a thermal deformation of the vane ring in a selected direction when exposed to the flow of gas, and wherein the vane ring includes a plurality of openings and wherein each vane in the plurality of vanes is mounted to the vane ring by a rotatable shaft that extends through one of the plurality of openings, and each slot is disposed between two of the plurality of openings, respectively; wherein the vane ring is a first vane ring and further comprising a second vane ring in the turbine wheel assembly disposed so that the plurality of vanes are positioned between the first and second vane rings and the flow of gas is directed between the first and second vane rings.