Patent ID: 8105053
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: F01D,F02C,F05D,F16C

Abstract:
1. A turbocharger comprising: a housing including a cooling water jacket provided therein, and a turbine shaft supported in a center hole in a center portion of the housing through a rolling bearing, a turbine being mounted on one end portion of said turbine shaft and disposed exteriorly of the housing in an axial direction; a tank portion which is disposed in said housing, and stores lubricating oil for said rolling bearing; and a wick member for supplying the lubricating oil from said tank portion to said rolling bearing by a capillary action, wherein a distal end portion of said wick member is held in contact with said rolling bearing such that said distal end portion branches into a plurality of sections wherein a distal end portion of said wick member is held in contact with said rolling bearing such that said distal end portion branches into a plurality of sections, wherein a section of the plurality of sections contacts a portion of the rolling bearing and an other section of the plurality of sections contacts another portion of the rolling bearing.