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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2017
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Ian David Wilson, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Edward Lee McGrath, Greer, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 19/54 (2006.01); F03D 80/70 (2016.01); F03D 80/80 (2016.01); F03D 1/06 (2006.01); F16C 17/06 (2006.01); F16C 19/46 (2006.01); F16C 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 80/70 (2016.05); F03D 1/0658 (2013.01); F03D 80/88 (2016.05); F16C 17/06 (2013.01); F16C 19/46 (2013.01); F16C 21/005 (2013.01); F05B 2230/60 (2013.01); F05B 2240/52 (2013.01); F05B 2240/54 (2013.01); F16C 2360/31 (2013.01); F16C 2361/65 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drive train of a wind turbine is disclosed as having a rotatable hub, a gearbox, a rotatable rotor shaft extending between the rotatable hub and the gearbox, and a main bearing assembly supporting the rotatable rotor shaft, the main bearing assembly having a main bearing housing enclosing one or more compound bearings, each of the one or more compound bearings having at least two axial thrust bearings and a radial bearing.