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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2013
Applicant:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/00 (2006.01); F03D 11/00 (2006.01); F03D 15/20 (2016.01); H02K 15/00 (2006.01); F03D 80/80 (2016.01); F03D 9/25 (2016.01); F03D 13/10 (2016.01); F03D 13/40 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 11/0058 (2013.01); F03D 9/25 (2016.05); F03D 13/10 (2016.05); F03D 13/40 (2016.05); F03D 15/20 (2016.05); F03D 80/82 (2016.05); F03D 80/88 (2016.05); H02K 15/00 (2013.01); F05B 2220/7066 (2013.01); Y02E 10/725 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49828 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method of handling a direct drive generator of a wind turbine is provided. The direct drive generator comprises a stator and a rotor concentrically arranged about an axis of the direct drive generator. The method includes steps of placing the direct drive generator on a support structure, fixing a selected one of the stator or the rotor to the support structure, connecting actuator means to a remaining one of the stator or the rotor, and rotating the remaining one of the stators or the rotor using the actuator means.