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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2022
Applicant:
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/s, Brande, DK;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 17/06 (2006.01); F16C 17/10 (2006.01); F16C 32/06 (2006.01); F16C 17/03 (2006.01); F03D 80/70 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 17/06 (2013.01); F03D 80/70 (2016.05); F16C 17/03 (2013.01); F16C 17/035 (2013.01); F16C 32/067 (2013.01); F16C 2229/00 (2013.01); F16C 2360/31 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a bearing for a wind turbine, including a first and a second ring arranged radially to each other with one ring rotating relative to the other ring around an axis of rotation. The first ring has a cylindrical ring section and a collar extending radially from the ring section. The collar has an axial support area supporting axial bearing elements, wherein several pretension elements creating compressive stress are fixed to the first ring in the section where the collar extends from the ring section.