Patent ID: 6539715
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: F02B,Y02T

Abstract:
An internal combustion engine comprising:a turbocharger with a turbine portion and a compressor portion, a wastegate valve that bypasses exhaust gasses around the turbine portion, a swivel connector disposed in fluid communication with a compressor portion and a hose that transmits outlet pressure of the compressor portion to the waste gate valve for controlling boost pressure of combustion air supplied to the internal combustion engine by the turbocharger; the swivel connector including a base portion and a tubular elbow portion, the base portion including a thread on one end that fits a threaded hole disposed adjacent an outlet of the compressor portion, a polyhedron on the other end and a centrally disposed through hole; the tubular elbow portion including two leg portions generally disposed at 90Â° with respect to each other and a curved transition portion connecting the leg portions, one of the leg portions having at least one raised portion, the other leg portion having a flange portion, a cylindrical portion which rotatably fits into the centrally disposed through hole in the base portion and an end portion flaring outwardly over the threaded end of the base portion capturing the base portion between the flange and the flared end of the other leg portion allowing the tubular elbow portion to rotate 360Â° and into alignment with the hose.