Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lubrication system for a main bearing of a wind turbine
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Application No.: US15800670Application Date: 2017-11-01
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Publication No.: US10935003B2Publication Date: 2021-03-02
- Inventor: Christopher Rene Abreu
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: F03D80/70
- IPC: F03D80/70 ; F16C19/28 ; F16C33/66 ; F16N13/10 ; F16N13/00 ; F16C19/26 ; F16C19/54

Abstract:
A lubrication system for a main bearing positioned around a main shaft of a wind turbine includes a seal ring positioned around the shaft adjacent to the bearing, at least one gear adjacent to the seal ring, a mechanical lubricant pump arranged to engage the at least one gear, and at least one lubricant for providing lubrication to the bearing. Thus, as the shaft rotates, the gear(s) drives the lubricant pump such that the pump continuously provides the lubricant to the bearing so long as the shaft is rotating.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190128244A1 Lubrication System for a Main Bearing of a Wind Turbine Public/Granted day:2019-05-02
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