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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2018
Rheinisch-westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Aachen, DE;
Tim Schroeder, Aachen, DE;
RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE-TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE, Aachen, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a plain bearing device, in particular for supporting a rotor hub of a wind turbine, comprising an inner ring element (), which in particular forms a part of the rotating rotor shaft, and an outer ring element (), which in particular forms a part of the rotor stator, wherein two plain bearings () axially spaced apart are formed between the inner and outer ring elements (), the plain bearing surfaces () of which plain bearings, in particular as viewed in a cross-section parallel through the axis of rotation (), are arranged nonparallel to each other and each at an angle not equal to zero and/or not equal to 90 degrees to the axis of rotation (), and wherein in each of the two plain bearings () one of the interacting plain bearing surfaces (), in particular the plain bearing surface on the inner ring element (), forms a surface that is continuous in the circumferential direction and the other of the interacting plain bearing surfaces (), in particular the plain bearing surface on the outer ring element (), is formed by plain bearing pads () arranged adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction, characterized in that each plain bearing pad () is fastened to the ring element () in a radially and/or axially pliable manner.