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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2009
Priyangu C. Patel, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Edwin Hidding, Rhede, DE;
Gary R. Barnes, Delanson, NY (US);
Patrick Lee Jansen, Scotia, NY (US);
Adam Daniel Minadeo, Greenville, SC (US);
Stephen B. Johnson, Greenville, SC (US);
James H. Madge, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Blake Weldon Wilson, Scotia, NY (US);
Eric Steven Buskirk, Guilderland, NY (US);
Murtuza Lokhandwalla, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Jacob Johannes Nies, Zwolle, NL;
Priyangu C. Patel, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Edwin Hidding, Rhede, DE;
Gary R. Barnes, Delanson, NY (US);
Patrick Lee Jansen, Scotia, NY (US);
Adam Daniel Minadeo, Greenville, SC (US);
Stephen B. Johnson, Greenville, SC (US);
James H. Madge, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Blake Weldon Wilson, Scotia, NY (US);
Eric Steven Buskirk, Guilderland, NY (US);
Murtuza Lokhandwalla, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Jacob Johannes Nies, Zwolle, NL;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A drivetrain for a wind turbine includes a gearbox and a generator. The gear box includes a housing and an output shaft that is rotatably coupled within the housing, wherein the gearbox further includes at least one bearing positioned between the housing and the output shaft. The generator includes a stator coupled to the housing such that the stator is positioned radially inward from the housing, and a rotor coupled to the output shaft such that the rotor is positioned radially inward from the stator.