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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2012
Applicants:
Adam Daniel Minadeo, Greenville, SC (US);
Scott Denton Thomason, Greer, SC (US);
Fabian P. Nunez, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Inventors:
Adam Daniel Minadeo, Greenville, SC (US);
Scott Denton Thomason, Greer, SC (US);
Fabian P. Nunez, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 11/00 (2006.01); F16C 35/063 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 11/0008 (2013.01); F05B 2240/60 (2013.01); F05B 2260/30 (2013.01); Y02E 10/722 (2013.01);
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.