Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wind turbine power transmission system
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Application No.: US18029978Application Date: 2021-07-23
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Publication No.: US12025093B2Publication Date: 2024-07-02
- Inventor: Andreas Weber
- 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: DK 202070677 2020.10.06
- International Application: PCT/DK2021/050245 2021.07.23
- International Announcement: WO2022/073571A 2022.04.14
- Date entered country: 2023-04-03
- Main IPC: F03D15/10
- IPC: F03D15/10 ; F03D80/70 ; H02K7/116 ; H02K7/18

Abstract:
The invention relates to a wind turbine (2) comprising: a nacelle (8) provided on the top of a tower (12), a rotor including a hub (6) and a number of blades (4), a main shaft (16) configured to be driven by the rotor about a main axis and supported on the nacelle (8), a generator (28) having a generator rotor and generator stator, and a gear system (25) arranged to increase the rotational speed between said rotor and said generator rotor. The gear system (25) comprises: a fixed ring gear (50), an input member (53) coupled to or driven by the main shaft (16) having a plurality of radially movable tooth segments (52,63) carried in guiding slots and engageable at outer ends with the ring gear (50), a central output member (55) within the input member (53) having an outer eccentric profile acted on and driven by inner ends of radially movable tooth segments (52,63), whereby rotary movement of the input member (53) drives the radially movable tooth segments (52,63) through engagement with the ring gear (50) and effects rotation of the central output member (55).
Public/Granted literature
- US20230366381A1 WIND TURBINE POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2023-11-16
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