Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wind turbine with rotor locking system
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Application No.: US17284036Application Date: 2019-10-09
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Publication No.: US11319924B2Publication Date: 2022-05-03
- Inventor: Jeppe Hesseldal Otten , Thomas Møller Christiansen , Erik Markussen
- Applicant: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Applicant Address: DK Aarhus N.
- Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Current Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Current Assignee Address: DK Aarhus N.
- Agency: Wood Herron & Evans LLP
- Priority: DKPA201870712 20181101
- International Application: PCT/DK2019/050298 WO 20191009
- International Announcement: WO2020/088722 WO 20200507
- Main IPC: F03D80/50
- IPC: F03D80/50 ; F03D7/02 ; F03D1/06

Abstract:
A wind turbine (10) includes a main shaft (34) including a front end (34a), the front end (34a) including a first connecting structure (36). A rotor hub (22) includes a second connecting structure (40), wherein the second connecting structure (40) of the rotor hub (22) is fixed to the first connecting structure (36) of the main shaft (34). A plurality of blades (24) is coupled to the rotor hub (22). A rotor locking disc (32) is carried on the main shaft (34), the rotor locking disc (32) having an outer circumference (32a) and a plurality of recesses (50) on the outer circumference (32a), the recesses (50) having openings (50a) intersecting with the outer circumference (32a). At least one rotor locking pin (30) is movable between a disengaged position relative to at least one of the recesses (50) and an engaged position wherein the pin is located at least partially in one of the recesses (50) for locking the rotor hub (22) against rotation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210396210A1 WIND TURBINE WITH ROTOR LOCKING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2021-12-23
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