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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2018
Applicant:
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/s, Brande, DK;
Inventors:
Niels Karl Frydendal, Herning, DK;
Gustav Hoegh, Vejle, DK;
Troels Kanstrup, Rask Moelle, DK;
Dennis Olesen, Aarhus, DK;
Kim Thomsen, Skørping, DK;
Morten Thorhauge, Aarhus, DK;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 25/04 (2006.01); F16C 17/24 (2006.01); F16C 17/06 (2006.01); F03D 80/70 (2016.01); F16C 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 25/04 (2013.01); F03D 80/70 (2016.05); F16C 17/06 (2013.01); F16C 17/24 (2013.01); F16C 41/00 (2013.01); F05B 2240/52 (2013.01); F16C 2208/32 (2013.01); F16C 2360/31 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a thrust bearing for a wind turbine including a thrust collar rotatable around a longitudinal axis of the thrust bearing and having a thrust surface transversally oriented with respect to longitudinal axis, a support structure fixed with respect to the longitudinal axis of the thrust bearing, a bearing pad contacting the thrust surface of the thrust collar and movable on a pad seat provided on the support structure, a spring element interposed between the bearing pad and the support structure.