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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2019
Vestas Wind Systems A/s, Aarhus, DK;
Lasse Køgs, Anderesen, DK;
Peter Bækhøj, Aarhus C, DK;
Anna Elena Teidelt, Tilst, DK;
Simon Kabus, Viborg, DK;
Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Aarhus N., DK;
Abstract
A rotor () for a wind turbine is disclosed. The rotor () comprises a hub () and at least one wind turbine blade (), each wind turbine blade () being mounted on the hub () via a bearing unit (). Each bearing unit () comprises a C-shaped bearing element () forming an inner ring and a T-shaped bearing element () forming an outer ring. The C-shaped bearing element () comprises a first bearing element part () and a second bearing element part (). An interface () between the first bearing element part () and the second bearing element part () is positioned in such a manner that a third raceway pair () is formed between a protruding portion () of the T-shaped bearing element () and the first bearing element part () of the C-shaped bearing element () and the hub () or the wind turbine blade () is attached to the second bearing element part () of the C-shaped bearing element ().