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US 12,006,910 B2Granted
Assemblies for wind turbines and methods
AssigneeGeneral Electric Renovables Espana, S.L.
InventorsThomas Drots, Josep Bosch-Collado, Pablo Pozo Torres
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an assembly comprising a rotor hub, a generator rotor, and a shaft for supporting the generator rotor on a stationary frame, wherein the rotor hub is configured to be removable from the generator rotor and the shaft without disassembling the generator rotor from the shaft. The present disclosure further relates to methods for assembly.
Claims11
An assembly for a wind turbine comprising:
- a rotor hub;
- a generator rotor;
- a shaft supporting the generator rotor on a stationary frame;
- a plurality of main fasteners extending at least partially through the rotor hub, the generator rotor, and the shaft;
- wherein the rotor hub is removable from the generator rotor and the shaft by removing the main fasteners without disassembling the generator rotor from the shaft;
- and
- wherein the main fasteners extend through through-holes in the rotor hub and the generator rotor, and extend into blind holes in the shaft.
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An assembly for a wind turbine comprising:
- a rotor hub;
- a generator rotor;
- a shaft supporting the generator rotor on a stationary frame;
- a plurality of main fasteners extending at least partially through the rotor hub, the generator rotor, and the shaft;
- wherein the rotor hub is removable from the generator rotor and the shaft by removing the main fasteners without disassembling the generator rotor from the shaft;
- a plurality of auxiliary fasteners configured to connect the generator rotor to the shaft;
- and
- wherein the rotor hub comprises a plurality of main holes for receipt of the main fasteners and a plurality of auxiliary holes for receipt of the auxiliary fasteners.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.