Removable bearing arrangement for a wind turbine generator
Patent
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OSTI ID:1176351
A wind generator having removable change-out bearings includes a rotor and a stator, locking bolts configured to lock the rotor and stator, a removable bearing sub-assembly having at least one shrunk-on bearing installed, and removable mounting bolts configured to engage the bearing sub-assembly and to allow the removable bearing sub-assembly to be removed when the removable mounting bolts are removed.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-99GO10337
- Assignee:
- General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY)
- Patent Number(s):
- 7,736,125
- Application Number:
- 12/074,629
- OSTI ID:
- 1176351
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2008 Mar 05
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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