General Electric Company

Nicolas Delucis

Vincent Schellings

Markus Becker

Peter Gauchel

The present invention provides a bearing housing () for accommodating a rotor shaft () of a wind turbine. The bearing housing includes a flange () for connecting the bearing housing to a main frame () of the wind turbine. The flange having a connecting surface () to be attached to the main frame. Thereby, at least parts of the connecting surface, when seen from the top of the bearing housing, would be located below the rotor shaft.

Bearing housing

The hub for the rotor () of a wind energy turbine () comprises a hollow body () rotatable around a rotation axis and provided with at least one flange () for mounting to the hollow body () a bearing for a rotor blade () and at least two stiffening webs () integrally formed with the hollow body () and radially extending within a flange area () of the hollow body () surrounded by the flange () to the center () of the flange area (), wherein at least two openings are provided within the flange area () of the hollow body ().

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Muenster, Germany

Nicolas Delucis