Gearbox for a wind energy plant
AssigneeNordex Energy GmbH
InventorJoachim Nitzpon
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Abstract
A gearbox for a wind energy plant, with a satellite carrier, which is connected to a rotor shaft or a rotor hub at its input side and which is mounted via a bearing arranged in a gearbox housing, wherein the bearing is arranged in the gearbox housing at the output side of the satellite carrier, and a slew bearing is provided as the bearing for the satellite carrier.
Claims8
A gearbox for a wind energy plant, with a satellite carrier (16, 52, 68, 86, 98), which is connected to a rotor shaft (10, 48, 78) or a rotor hub (94, 60) at its input side and which is mounted via a bearing arranged in a gearbox housing (20, 54, 74, 90, 105), characterized in that the bearing (32, 58, 76, 88, 102) is arranged in the gearbox housing (20, 54, 74, 90, 105) at the output side of the satellite carrier (16, 52, 68, 86, 98), and that a slew bearing (32, 58, 76, 88, 102) is provided as the bearing for the satellite carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.