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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2019
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
Thomas Krauss, Lingen, DE;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 17/02 (2006.01); F16C 27/06 (2006.01); F03D 80/70 (2016.01); F16C 33/12 (2006.01); F16H 57/08 (2006.01); F03D 15/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 27/06 (2013.01); F03D 15/00 (2016.05); F03D 80/70 (2016.05); F16C 17/02 (2013.01); F16C 33/125 (2013.01); F16H 57/082 (2013.01); F05B 2240/50 (2013.01); F16C 2202/08 (2013.01); F16C 2360/31 (2013.01); F16C 2361/61 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bearing assembly for a drivetrain of a wind turbine includes at least one shaft having a circumferential outer surface and a bearing secured circumferentially around the circumferential outer surface of the shaft(s). Further, the bearing assembly includes an elastomer support arranged on at least one of an inner surface or an outer surface of the bearing. The elastomer support is constructed, at least in part, of an elastomeric material.