Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bearing arrangement for a wind turbine and wind turbine
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Application No.: US16870029Application Date: 2020-05-08
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Publication No.: US11293483B2Publication Date: 2022-04-05
- Inventor: Edom Demissie , Peter Loevenskjold Falkenberg , Niels Karl Frydendal , Claus Michaelsen , Morten Soerensen , 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: EP19174858 20190516
- Main IPC: F16C17/03
- IPC: F16C17/03 ; F03D80/70 ; F16C33/10

Abstract:
Provided is a bearing arrangement for a wind turbine including a bearing housing and a drive shaft, whereby the drive shaft is arranged within the bearing housing in an axial direction along a longitudinal axis of the bearing housing, the bearing arrangement further including a downwind bearing and an upwind bearing, whereby the downwind bearing and the upwind bearing are arranged between the bearing housing and the drive shaft, wherein the downwind bearing and/or the upwind bearing is a radial fluid bearing including multiple radial bearing pads, whereby each one of the multiple radial bearing pads is attached to one of a multiple radial bearing bodies of the radial fluid bearing and the multiple radial bearing pads are arranged about the drive shaft.
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