Patent 7789636 was granted and assigned to BorgWarner on September, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A turbomachine, particularly an exhaust gas turbocharger, comprising a compressor wheel arranged in a compressor housing, a turbine wheel arranged in a turbine housing, and a rotor shaft which is guided in a bearing casing and which has fastened thereto the compressor wheel on the one hand and the turbine wheel on the other hand, a rotor-shaft seal being arranged between a turbine-sided end portion of the bearing casing and the rotor shaft.