Patent ID: 8869526

Claim:
A wastegate arrangement ( 5 ) of an exhaust-gas turbocharger: having a compressor ( 2 ); having a turbine ( 3 ) which has a turbine housing ( 16 ) with a spiral ( 15 ) and which is connected to the compressor ( 2 ) by means of a shaft ( 4 ) which extends along a charger axis (L); wherein the wastegate arrangement ( 5 ) has the following components: a control capsule ( 6 ), a regulating rod ( 7 ) moveable by the control capsule ( 6 ), a lever ( 8 ) which is connected to the regulating rod ( 7 ) by means of a guide piece ( 9 ), a spindle shaft ( 10 ) mounted rotatable relative to the turbine housing, which is rigidly connected at one end to the lever ( 8 ) and rigidly connected at the other end to a first end of a spindle ( 11 ) having first and second ends, which spindle ( 11 ) bears a flap plate ( 12 ) on its second end for opening and closing a bypass opening ( 13 ), wherein the spindle shaft ( 10 ) is arranged substantially parallel to the charger axis (L).