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US 12,553,496 B2Granted
Tiltably mounted planet carrier
AssigneesZF Friedrichshafen AG, Zf Wind Power Antwerpen N.V.
InventorWarren Smook
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Abstract
An arrangement including a planetary stage, a shaft, a connecting element that forms a rotationally fixed connection of a planet carrier of the planetary stage to the shaft and is configured to be flexible with respect to tiltings of the planet carrier relative to the shaft, and a center axis of a ring gear of the planetary stage that is tilted relative to an axis of rotation of the shaft.
Claims14
An arrangement comprising:
- a planetary stage;
- a shaft;
- a connecting element that forms a rotationally fixed connection of a planet carrier of the planetary stage to the shaft and is configured to be flexible with respect to tiltings of the planet carrier relative to the shaft;
- and
- a center axis of a ring gear of the planetary stage that is tilted relative to an axis of rotation of the shaft,
- wherein the connection element comprises a flexible hollow shaft that is rotationally fixed to the shaft at a first end and the planet carrier at a second end.
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An arrangement comprising:
- a planetary stage;
- a shaft;
- a connecting element that forms a rotationally fixed connection of a planet carrier of the planetary stage to the shaft and is configured to be flexible with respect to tiltings of the planet carrier relative to the shaft;
- a center axis of a ring gear of the planetary stage that is tilted relative to an axis of rotation of the shaft, wherein the ring gear is fixed to a housing that is coaxial with the shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.