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Patent No.:

US 9660492 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 15, 2014

Outer rotor construction

Applicant:

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;

Inventor:

Edom Lemma, Vejle, DK;

Assignee:

SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, , DE;

Attorney:

Schmeiser Olsen & Watts LLP

Primary Examiner:

Thanh Lam

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 9/04 (2006.01); H02K 5/00 (2006.01); H02K 1/27 (2006.01); F03D 9/00 (2016.01); H02K 7/18 (2006.01); H02K 15/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 1/2786 (2013.01); F03D 9/002 (2013.01); H02K 7/1838 (2013.01); H02K 15/03 (2013.01); H02K 2213/12 (2013.01); Y02E 10/725 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49012 (2015.01);
Abstract

An outer rotor construction for a wind turbine generator which outer rotor construction comprises a plurality of rotor housing segments, wherein a rotor housing segment is realized to hold a number of magnet poles, and wherein a rotor housing segment comprises a lateral connecting interface of a lateral connection for detachably connecting that rotor housing segment along its longitudinal length to a number of adjacent rotor housing segments. The invention further describes a wind turbine including a generator, which generator includes an inner stator and such an outer rotor is provided. A method of performing a maintenance procedure on such an outer rotor construction is also provided.

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