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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2017
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Adam Daniel Minadeo, Greenville, SC (US);

Michael Joseph Kacmarcik, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Bhavesh Kachhia, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 80/70 (2016.01); F16C 33/60 (2006.01); F03D 1/06 (2006.01); F03D 7/02 (2006.01); F16C 19/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 80/70 (2016.05); F03D 1/0658 (2013.01); F03D 7/0224 (2013.01); F16C 19/10 (2013.01); F16C 33/60 (2013.01); F05B 2260/79 (2013.01); F16C 2226/60 (2013.01); F16C 2300/14 (2013.01); F16C 2360/31 (2013.01); Y02E 10/72 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to a bearing for a wind turbine. The bearing includes an outer race, an inner race, and a radially-split center race configured between the inner race and the outer race. Further, the center race includes a first race portion and a separate second race portion. In addition, the first and second race portions are arranged together in an axial direction. The bearing also includes a first set of rolling elements positioned between the inner race and the center race and a second set of rolling elements positioned between the center race and the outer race.


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