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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 07, 2013
Applicant:

Imo Holding Gmbh, Gremsdorf, DE;

Inventors:

Hubertus Frank, Höchstadt, DE;

Erich Russ, Gremsdorf, DE;

Volker Dietz, Neustadt a.d. Aisch, DE;

Assignee:

IMO Holding GmbH, Gremsdorf, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 19/54 (2006.01); F03D 11/00 (2006.01); F16C 19/18 (2006.01); F16C 19/49 (2006.01); F16C 21/00 (2006.01); F16C 19/50 (2006.01); F03D 80/70 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 11/0008 (2013.01); F03D 80/70 (2016.05); F16C 19/188 (2013.01); F16C 19/49 (2013.01); F16C 19/505 (2013.01); F16C 19/545 (2013.01); F16C 21/00 (2013.01); F16C 2300/14 (2013.01); F16C 2360/31 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention relates to a rolling bearing arrangement (), preferably a large rolling bearing with a diameter of 0.5 or more, for mounting parts of an energy system, in particular as blade bearings for a wind turbine, comprising at least two relatively rotatable annular elements () arranged concentrically with one another and at least regionally inside one another, for connection to relatively rotatable parts of the energy system, wherein two relatively rotatable connecting elements () are separated from each other by a gap () and at least partially overlap each other in the radial direction, wherein, further, provided in the region of the gap () in radially overlapping regions of the annular connecting elements () are at least two rows of rolling elements (), each of which rolls along a respective two raceways () that overlap each other at least regionally in the radial direction, wherein one or more raceways () for rolling elements () are disposed in radially overlapping sections () in such fashion that the contact angle which the connecting line between the centers of the points of contact of a rolling element () with its two raceways makes with the ring plane is equal to or greater than 45°, such that such an axial rolling bearing serves to transmit predominantly axially acting force components, and wherein at least one additional bearing is provided for transmitting predominantly radially acting force components and has a contact angle of less than 45°, preferably 25° or less, particularly 10° or less, wherein any raceways for radial rolling bearings that are incorporated directly into the annular connecting elements () are, at most, ones having a maximum distance between them, perpendicular to the raceway surface, that is equal to or less than 25% of the largest distance perpendicular to the raceway surface between two raceways of an axial rolling-bearing row.


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