The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2019
General Electric Renovables España, S.l., Barcelona, ES;
Santiago Claramunt Estecha, Barcelona, ES;
Javier Garcia Cervilla, Barcelona, ES;
General Electric Renovables Espana, S.L., Barcelona, ES;
Abstract
In a first aspect, a method for removing a gliding pad of a gliding yaw bearing of a wind turbine is provided. The method comprises selecting a gliding pad to be removed, rotating a nacelle to a removal position and removing the selected gliding pad. In a further aspect, a gliding yaw bearing for a wind turbine is provided. The gliding yaw bearing comprises a first bearing component configured to be coupled to a tower of a wind turbine and a second bearing component configured to be coupled to a nacelle of a wind turbine. The first bearing component is configured to rotate with respect to the second bearing component. The gliding yaw bearing further comprises one or more axial gliding pads arranged between the first and the second bearing components. In yet a further aspect, a wind turbine comprising examples of yaw bearings according to any of the examples herein disclosed is provided.