Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bearing arrangement for a wind turbine and wind turbine
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Application No.: US15931863Application Date: 2020-05-14
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Publication No.: US11428213B2Publication Date: 2022-08-30
- Inventor: Morten Soerensen , Frank Bak , Edom Demissie , Niels Karl Frydendal , Vujadin Petronic
- 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: EP19174852 20190516
- Main IPC: F03D80/70
- IPC: F03D80/70 ; F03D9/25 ; F03D17/00

Abstract:
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 comprising a downwind bearing and an upwind bearing as radial fluid bearings, whereby the downwind bearing and the upwind bearing are arranged between the bearing housing and the drive shaft is provided. The downwind bearing and/or the upwind bearing includes a lubricant flooded chamber, in which multiple radial bearing pads are arranged about the drive shaft, whereby the lubricant flooded chamber is sealed against the drive shaft, an internal space of the bearing housing and an outside of the bearing housing is also provided.
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