Patent ID: 9091200
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: F01D,F02B,F02F,F05D,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A turbocharger and engine cylinder head assembly, comprising: a center housing rotating assembly comprising a center housing defining a bore therethrough, bearings housed in the bore, a shaft rotatably supported in the bearings, a compressor wheel affixed to one end of the shaft, and a turbine wheel affixed to an opposite end of the shaft; an engine cylinder head defining a receptacle for receiving the center housing rotating assembly, the engine cylinder head defining a compressor volute; a diffuser for receiving and diffusing the compressed air from the compressor wheel and supplying the compressed air to the compressor volute; and a cap formed separately from the engine cylinder head and removably secured to the engine cylinder head, the cap defining one wall of the diffuser; wherein an opposite wall of the diffuser is defined by one of the engine cylinder head and the center housing.