Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fluid film bearing for a wind turbine
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Application No.: US16648868Application Date: 2018-09-19
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Publication No.: US11274698B2Publication Date: 2022-03-15
- Inventor: Niels Karl Frydendal , Troels Kanstrup , Dennis Olesen , Kim Thomsen , Morten Thorhauge
- Applicant: Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
- Applicant Address: DK Brande
- Assignee: Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
- Current Assignee: Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
- Current Assignee Address: DK Brande
- Agency: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts LLP
- Priority: EP17192112 20170920
- International Application: PCT/EP2018/075321 WO 20180919
- International Announcement: WO2019/057753 WO 20190328
- Main IPC: F16C17/03
- IPC: F16C17/03 ; F16C27/06 ; F16C32/06 ; F03D80/70

Abstract:
A fluid bearing for a wind turbine including a bearing housing, a plurality of bearing pads inside the bearing housing and circumferentially distributed around a longitudinal axis of the fluid bearing, a plurality of supporting structures, each supporting structure having at least a first interface detachably connected to a respective seat provided in the bearing housing and at least a second interface detachably connected to a respective bearing pad of the plurality of bearing pads, the supporting structure including an elastomer allowing tilting of the respective bearing pad parallel to the longitudinal axis, the elastomer being interposed between the respective seat and the respective bearing pad is provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200284292A1 FLUID FILM BEARING FOR A WIND TURBINE Public/Granted day:2020-09-10
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