Patent ID: 6503067
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: F01D,F02C,F04D,F05D

Abstract:
A turbocharger for use with an internal combustion engine, the turbocharger comprising:a drive shaft having a first end portion and a second end portion; a turbine in communication with the first end portion of the drive shaft, the turbine comprising: a plurality of turbine disks spaced at a critical distance apart having open circular centers with at least one spoke like projection fixedly mounting the turbine disk centers to the first end portion of the drive shaft, the plurality of flat turbine disks converting the velocity of exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine into a rotational energy driving the drive shaft by a boundary layer drag effect of the exhaust gas contacting the surface of the flat turbine disks; at least one turbine inlet in tangential relation to a periphery of the turbine disks; at least one turbine outlet axially adjacent the open circular centers of the turbine disks; a blower driven by the second end portion of the drive shaft, the blower comprising: a blower volute; a plurality of blower disks spaced at a second critical distance apart within the volute having open circular centers with at least one spoke like projection fixedly mounting the blower disk centers to the second end portion of the drive shaft; at least one blower inlet axially adjacent the open circular centers of the blower disks, air being drawn in through the blower inlet due to the pressure difference created by the blower disks rotating within the blower volute where the rotational energy of the blower disks is transferred to the air by the boundary layer drag effect of the air contacting the surface of the flat blower disks thereby increasing the mass per unit volume of the air; and at least one blower outlet having size and shape determined by the Fibonacci formula.