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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2010
Applicant:
Uffe Eriksen, Horsens, DK;
Inventor:
Uffe Eriksen, Horsens, DK;
Assignee:
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, München, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 37/00 (2006.01); F03D 80/70 (2016.01); F03D 80/60 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 37/00 (2013.01); F03D 80/70 (2016.05); F03D 80/60 (2016.05); F05B 2240/50 (2013.01); F05B 2260/201 (2013.01); F16C 37/007 (2013.01); F16C 2360/31 (2013.01); Y02E 10/721 (2013.01); Y02E 10/722 (2013.01);
Abstract
A direct drive wind turbine with a cooling system has a generator with a rotor and a stator and a bearing with an inner ring and an outer ring connecting the rotor and the stator rotatively. The cooling system includes at least one heat sink which is in thermal communication with the inner ring of the bearing and a heat dissipater which is in thermal communication with the heat sink.