Patent ID: 8096774

Claim:
A sealing device ( 20 ) for a turbocharger ( 15 ) which comprises a bearing housing ( 7 ), a rotor shaft ( 12 ) mounted in the bearing housing ( 7 ), a bearing housing oil space ( 13 ) located in the bearing housing ( 7 ) and a compressor housing with a compressor space ( 14 ), the sealing device ( 20 ) having a sealing ring ( 1 ) with two end faces ( 17 , 17 ′), wherein the sealing ring ( 1 ) has oppositely-oriented air delivery devices ( 2 , 3 ) in or on the end faces ( 17 , 17 ′), and in that the sealing ring ( 1 ) can be positioned with axial play on the rotor shaft ( 12 ) of the turbocharger ( 15 ) between a disk ( 9 ) and a sealing bush ( 16 ) of the turbocharger ( 15 ).