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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2012
Adam Daniel Minadeo, Greenville, SC (US);
Scott Denton Thomason, Greer, SC (US);
Fabian P. Nunez, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Adam Daniel Minadeo, Greenville, SC (US);
Scott Denton Thomason, Greer, SC (US);
Fabian P. Nunez, Clifton Park, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A retention assembly for securing a main rotor shaft in a wind turbine relative to a pillow block is provided. A main rotor shaft extends through a pillow block, and a ring groove is defined in an outer circumferential surface of the main rotor shaft axially offset from the pillow block. A snap ring is engaged within the ring groove, wherein the snap ring and ring groove are designed to achieve a design axial load capacity.
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