Gearbox supporting means of a wind turbine, wind turbine, and method for maintaining a gearbox supporting means
US9347543B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 26, 2014 |
| Grant date | May 24, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 26, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T74/2186
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A gearbox supporting device of a wind turbine that has a rotor, a substantially horizontally oriented rotor shaft, a gearbox, and a main frame. The gearbox supporting device includes at least one rolling bearing arranged between a rotor hub and the gearbox and at least two supports on the gearbox. The supports each have at least one central supporting body, at least one frame and a plurality of flat elastomer bodies that are clamped between the frame and the central supporting body. The central supporting body is supported only on one side.
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