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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2023
Filed:
May. 14, 2020
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/s, Brande, DK;
Edom Demissie, Sheffield, GB;
SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S, Brande, DK;
Abstract
A bearing arrangement for a wind turbine including a bearing housing and a drive shaft, whereby the drive shaft is arranged within the bearing housing in an axial direction along a longitudinal axis of the bearing housing, the bearing arrangement further includes a downwind bearing and an upwind bearing, whereby the downwind bearing and the upwind bearing are arranged between the bearing housing and the drive shaft, wherein the downwind bearing and/or the upwind bearing is a radial bearing including multiple radial bearing pads, whereby each one of the multiple radial bearing pads is attached to one of a multiple radial bearing bodies of the radial bearing and the multiple radial bearing pads are arranged about the drive shaft is provided.