Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Drive arrangement for a wind turbine
- Patent Title (中): 风力发电机的驱动装置
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Application No.: US14236677Application Date: 2012-08-03
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Publication No.: US09413205B2Publication Date: 2016-08-09
- Inventor: Alan Bradley Dewar , Scott Douglas Edmondson , Scott Tran
- Applicant: Alan Bradley Dewar , Scott Douglas Edmondson , Scott Tran
- Applicant Address: GB Huddersfield
- Assignee: David Brown Wind UK Limited
- Current Assignee: David Brown Wind UK Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Huddersfield
- Agency: Stoel Rives LLP
- Priority: GB1113571.2 20110805
- International Application: PCT/GB2012/051893 WO 20120803
- International Announcement: WO2013/021181 WO 20130214
- Main IPC: H02K7/116
- IPC: H02K7/116 ; F16H1/28 ; F16H1/46

Abstract:
A drive arrangement (12) for a wind turbine (10) is disclosed, having a rotor shaft (20) and a gearbox assembly (22) for transferring torque to an electrical power generator (18). The gearbox assembly comprises an input shaft (40), an output shaft (42), a primary gear stage (44) and a secondary gear stage (46). The drive arrangement also comprises a drive transfer mechanism (24) for transferring torque from the rotor shaft into the gearbox assembly via the input shaft, and a primary load carrying member (56) for releasably mounting the gearbox assembly to a housing (34) of the turbine. The rotor shaft is at least partly hollow, having an internal cavity (28) in which at least parts of the gearbox assembly and drive transfer mechanism are located. The gearbox assembly is mountable within the rotor shaft as a single unit by the primary load carrying member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140378260A1 DRIVE ARRANGEMENT FOR A WIND TURBINE Public/Granted day:2014-12-25
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