Patent ID: 8739528
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: F01D,F02B,F02C,F02M,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A hybrid exhaust turbine turbocharger comprising: a turbine unit configured to be driven by exhaust gas guided from an internal combustion engine; a compressor unit configured to be driven by the turbine unit so as to pump outside air to the internal combustion engine; a casing configured to support the turbine unit and the compressor unit; a silencer connected to an intake system of the internal combustion engine and supported by the casing via the compressor unit and being disposed upstream of the compressor unit; a shell housing having a bottom section and a recess therein, the shell housing being disposed in a midsection of the silencer, and the recess accommodating a generator; an oil reservoir configured to hold a lubricant after the lubricant has lubricated a bearing disposed within the generator and dripped from the generator, the oil reservoir being disposed at a bottom section of the shell housing; and a lubricant discharge tube communicating with the oil reservoir, and being configured to return the lubricant accumulated in the oil reservoir by gravity to an oil tank disposed downstream, wherein one end of the lubricant discharge tube is connected to lubricant outlet that is provided at a bottom section of a front surface of the oil reservoir.