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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2019
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/s, Brande, DK;
Poul Christiansen, Them, DK;
Abstract
A wind turbine includes a hub connected to a rotatable shaft extending in an axial direction and at least one bearing supporting the shaft against a housing, wherein the housing includes an electrically conductive cage section, which surrounds at least partially an axial segment of the shaft, wherein the cage section is connected to the shaft by at least one first conduction means and at least one second conduction means, wherein the at least one first conduction means and the at least one second conduction means are arranged spaced both from each other in the axial direction, wherein the at least one bearing is arranged between the segment of the shaft and the cage section of the housing at an axial position in between the at least one first conduction means and the at least one second con-duction means.