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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2009
Pierre-antoine Guerenbourg, Herning, DK;
Nigel New, Harrow, GB;
Jason Stege, Brande, DK;
Kim Thomsen, Ikast, DK;
Pierre-Antoine Guerenbourg, Herning, DK;
Nigel New, Harrow, GB;
Jason Stege, Brande, DK;
Kim Thomsen, Ikast, DK;
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, München, DE;
Abstract
A wind turbine main bearing realized to bear a shaft of a wind turbine, which shaft is caused to rotate by a number of blades connected to the shaft is disclosed. The wind turbine main bearing includes a fluid bearing with a plurality of bearing pads arranged about the shaft. Also disclosed is a wind turbine with a number of blades connected to a shaft and realized to rotate the shaft, which wind turbine includes as main bearing a wind turbine main bearing. Further described is a method of performing maintenance on a wind turbine, including the steps of halting a rotation of the shaft, operating a lifting arrangement to raise the shaft, and removing a bearing pad of the wind turbine main bearing from the bearing housing of the wind turbine main bearing.