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Gearbox support arrangement for a wind turbine and wind turbine

US12372062B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Nordex Energy SE & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Ibrahim Muhamad · Rostock, DE
Gerald Festner · Klein Krams, DE
Viktor Nickel · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 18, 2022
Grant date	Jul 29, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 6, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E10/72
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A gearbox support arrangement for a wind turbine includes: a gearbox housing, a torque support arrangement, a rotor bearing support structure, wherein the gearbox housing and the rotor bearing support structure are arranged next to each other along a longitudinal axis, the torque support arrangement couples the gearbox housing and the rotor bearing support structure with each other such that torque loads are transmittable between the gearbox housing and the rotor bearing support structure. The torque support arrangement includes a decoupling device configured to transmit the torque loads between the gearbox housing and the rotor bearing support structure and to reduce the transmission of vibrations and reaction loads between the gearbox housing and the rotor bearing support structure.

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