Patent ID: 6158422
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: F01N,F02B,F04F

Abstract:
A supercharging arrangement for the charge air of an internal combustion engine with a pressure wave machine which is connected with an air-inlet line for the charge air and an exhaust gas line for the combustion gases, with a housing comprising inflow and outflow ducts and consisting of a charge air face housing, an exhaust gas face housing and a housing part which mutually distances the same, and with switching members which are arranged in the inflow ducts of the exhaust gas face housing, and with at least one cell rotor which is rotatably held by way of a hub in a bearing arrangement in the housing and comprises several paths of flow which are arranged concentrically with respect to one another and form mutually separated compressor registers, and is connected to a rotary drive and to a control device to which at least one switching member is connected, wherein further switching members which are controllable by the control device are arranged in the outflow ducts of the charge air face housing.