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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2019
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
Jacob Johannes Nies, Hertme, NL;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 1/28 (2006.01); B22F 5/08 (2006.01); F03D 15/00 (2016.01); F16H 57/04 (2010.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 5/08 (2013.01); F03D 15/00 (2016.05); F16H 1/28 (2013.01); F16H 57/042 (2013.01); F16H 57/0412 (2013.01); F16H 57/0479 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
A carrier and at least one pin shaft of a gearbox of a wind turbine and method of manufacturing same includes forming the carrier and the pin shaft(s) as a single part or separate components. Further, the method includes forming one or more voids in the pin shaft(s) and/or the carrier via additive manufacturing. As such, the void(s) is configured to increase flexibility of the pin shaft(s)/carrier so as to improve a load distribution thereof.