Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Relating to electrical power generators for wind turbines
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Application No.: US17606165Application Date: 2020-04-21
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Publication No.: US11746750B2Publication Date: 2023-09-05
- Inventor: Lars Langvardt Krogh , Rolf Nyborg Broge
- Applicant: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Applicant Address: DK Aarhus N.
- Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Current Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Current Assignee Address: DK Aarhus N
- Agency: Wood Herron & Evans LLP
- Priority: DK 201970275 2019.05.01
- International Application: PCT/DK2020/050105 2020.04.21
- International Announcement: WO2020/221403A 2020.11.05
- Date entered country: 2021-10-25
- Main IPC: F03D9/25
- IPC: F03D9/25 ; F03D80/70 ; F03D80/80

Abstract:
There is provided a method (100) of installing a pitch tube (27) into an electrical power generator (24) for a wind turbine, the method comprising: installing (105a) the pitch tube (27) so that it is coaxial with a rotational axis (R) of the generator (24); supporting (105b) a bearing arrangement (50) associated with the pitch tube (27) at an end of the generator (24) using one or more primary supports (52), wherein each of the primary supports (52) comprises a first end (58) connected to the bearing arrangement (50) and a second end (60) connected to a component (32) associated with a rotating reference frame of the generator (24); and supporting (110) the bearing arrangement (50) using one or more secondary supports (54), wherein each of the secondary supports (54) comprises a first end (62) connected to the bearing arrangement (50) and a second end (64) connected to a component (42) associated with a stationary reference frame of the generator (24).
Public/Granted literature
- US20220228563A1 IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATORS FOR WIND TURBINES Public/Granted day:2022-07-21
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