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US 12,680,532 B2Granted
Space-saving housing mounting
AssigneesZF Friedrichshafen AG, Zf Wind Power Antwerpen N.V.
InventorsWarren Smook, Sven Moers, Alf Trede
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Abstract
A housing for a wind turbine gearbox, including at least two bolt eyes for receiving a respective bolt for fixing a housing in a nacelle-fixing means. In each case two bolt eyes are mirror-symmetrical to each other with respect to a first longitudinal plane. The bolt eyes are arranged entirely on a same side of a second longitudinal plane which runs orthogonally to the first longitudinal plane.
Claims13
A housing for a wind turbine gearbox, comprising:
- at least two bolt eyes for receiving a respective bolt for fixing the housing in a nacelle-fixing means;
- a housing wall having at least two support arms;
- and
- at least two bolt receptacles, each having one of the at least two bolt eyes, the at least two bolt receptacles being physically separate from the housing wall,
- wherein in each case, the at least two bolt eyes are mirror-symmetrical to each other with respect to a first longitudinal plane,
- wherein the bolt eyes are arranged entirely on a same side of a second longitudinal plane which runs orthogonally to the first longitudinal plane, and
- wherein the at least two support arms are offset from one another in a longitudinal direction of the wind turbine gearbox.
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A housing for a wind turbine gearbox, comprising:
- at least two bolts for fixing the housing in a nacelle-fixing means, wherein the at least two bolts are mirror-symmetrical relative to a first longitudinal plane, and wherein at least two bolt receptacles are formed, a first of the at least two bolt receptacles being monolithically formed as part of a first of the at least two bolts and a second of the at least two bolt receptacles being monolithically formed as part of a second of the at least two bolts;
- and
- a housing wall,
- wherein the at least two bolts are arranged entirely on a same side of a second longitudinal plane which runs orthogonally to the first longitudinal plane, and
- wherein the at least two bolt receptacles are physically separate pieces from the housing wall and are joined to the housing wall.
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A housing for a wind turbine gearbox, comprising:
- at least two bolt eyes for receiving a respective bolt for fixing the housing in a nacelle-fixing means;
- a housing wall having at least two support arms, each of which includes one of the at least two bolt eyes;
- and
- at least two bolt receptacles, each having one of the at least two bolt eyes,
- wherein in each case two bolt eyes are mirror-symmetrical to each other with respect to a first longitudinal plane,
- wherein the bolt eyes are arranged entirely on a same side of a second longitudinal plane which runs orthogonally to the first longitudinal plane,
- wherein the at least two bolt receptacles are each formed in two pieces that are each configured to receive the respective bolt, and
- wherein one piece of the two pieces of each of the at least two bolt receptacles is integrally connected to a housing wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.