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Drivetrain system for a wind turbine generator and method of assembling the same

US8376708B2 · kind B2 · utility

11Cited by

4References

25Claims

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Priyangu Chunilal Patel · Simpsonville, US
Edwin Hidding · Rhede, DE
Gary Randall Barnes · Delanson, US
Patrick Lee Jansen · Alplaus, US
Adam Daniel Minadeo · Greenville, US
Stephen Bertram Johnson · Greenville, US
James Henry Madge · Erie, US
Blake Wilson · Peoria, US
Eric Steven Buskirk · Scotia, US
Murtuza Lokhandwalla · South Windsor, US
Jacob Johannes Nies · Zwolle, NL

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 30, 2009
Grant date	Feb 19, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 31, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T74/19637
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A drivetrain for a wind turbine includes a gearbox and a generator. The gear box includes a housing and an output shaft that is rotatably coupled within the housing, wherein the gearbox further includes at least one bearing positioned between the housing and the output shaft. The generator includes a stator coupled to the housing such that the stator is positioned radially inward from the housing, and a rotor coupled to the output shaft such that the rotor is positioned radially inward from the stator.

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