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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2010
Eugenio Yegro Segovia, Madrid, ES;
Mateusz Pawel Wenclik, Ibbenbueren, DE;
Prasad Ogde, Bangalore, IN;
Rajasekhar Koppolu, Kadapa, IN;
Eugenio Yegro Segovia, Madrid, ES;
Mateusz Pawel Wenclik, Ibbenbueren, DE;
Prasad Ogde, Bangalore, IN;
Rajasekhar Koppolu, Kadapa, IN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for stiffening and pre-stressing a generator frame in a wind turbine is provided. The system includes a plurality of stress-inducing members configured for imparting a predetermined amount of stress on the generator frame. Each of the plurality of stress-inducing members has a length, a first end, and a second end and the length of each of said plurality of stress-inducing members is selectively adjustable. A coupling plate is configured for coupling the second ends of at least some of the plurality of stress-inducing members together. A plurality of brackets are coupled to the generator frame and configured to couple the first ends of the plurality of stress-inducing members to the generator frame.