Patent ID: 8186944

Claim:
A turbocharger ( 1 ) with variable turbine geometry (VTG) having a turbine housing ( 2 ) with a supply duct ( 9 ) for exhaust gases; having a turbine rotor ( 4 ) which is rotatably mounted in the turbine housing ( 2 ); and having a guide grate ( 18 ), which surrounds the turbine rotor ( 4 ) radially at the outside, which has a blade mounting ring ( 6 ), which has a plurality of guide blades ( 7 ) which have in each case one blade shaft ( 8 ) which is mounted in the blade mounting ring ( 6 ), and which has an adjusting ring ( 5 ) which is operatively connected to the guide blades ( 7 ) by means of assigned blade levers ( 20 ), each blade lever ( 20 ) having ends ( 21 , 22 ), each blade lever ( 20 ) being fastened to a respective one of the blade shafts ( 8 ) at one of its ends ( 21 ), with each blade lever ( 20 ) having, at the other end ( 22 ), a lever head ( 23 ) which can be placed in engagement with an associated engagement recess ( 24 ) of the adjusting ring ( 5 ), wherein each blade lever ( 20 ) has an axis from one of its ends ( 21 ) to the other end ( 22 ) and the blade lever is asymmetric about the axis and has an arc-segment-shaped bearing lug ( 25 ) only on one side of the axis, which bearing lug ( 25 ) is arranged in the same plane as the lever head ( 23 ).