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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2021
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Brian William Manikas, Schenectady, NY (US);
Paul Howard Davidson, Albany, NY (US);
Michael Frederick Sander, Colonie, NY (US);
Jacob Thomas Hoyt, Cazenovia, NY (US);
Jason James Welsh, Madison, WI (US);
Kevin L Holmes, Portageville, NY (US);
Assignee:
GE Infrastructure Technology LLC, Greenville, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 80/50 (2016.01); B23P 6/00 (2006.01); F03D 15/10 (2016.01); F16H 57/021 (2012.01); F16H 57/023 (2012.01); F16H 57/00 (2012.01); F16H 57/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 15/10 (2016.05); B23P 6/00 (2013.01); B23P 6/002 (2013.01); F03D 80/50 (2016.05); F16H 57/021 (2013.01); F05B 2230/70 (2013.01); F05B 2230/80 (2013.01); F05B 2240/916 (2013.01); F05B 2260/4031 (2013.01); F16H 2057/0068 (2013.01); F16H 2057/02078 (2013.01); F16H 2057/0235 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49318 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49721 (2015.01);
Abstract
A rotor lock assembly for locking a rotor of a wind turbine. The rotor lock assembly has at least one relocatable rotor lock. The relocatable rotor lock has a housing, a bushing element, a pin shaft position within the bushing element, and a locking mechanism. The housing includes a mounting portion adapted for mounting to a bearing housing adjacent to a rotor lock plate of the rotor.