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US 2010/0164232 A1Published application
Wind Turbine with Load-Transmitting Components
AssigneeAerodyn Engineering GmbH
InventorSonke Siegfriedsen
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Abstract
Wind turbines with at least one rotor blade, a hub, a gearbox casing accommodating a gearbox, a generator casing accommodating a generator, a head support, a tower and an azimuth bearing supporting the head support so that it can rotate on the tower, characterized in that the rotor bearing, the gearbox casing and the generator casing are arranged between the hub and the head support, designed as load-transmitting components and joined to each other via screw connections.
Claims13
1-12. (canceled)
A wind turbine comprising:
- at least one rotor blade;
- a hub;
- a rotor bearing supporting the at least one rotor blade and the hub;
- a gearbox casing receiving a gearbox;
- a generator casing receiving a generator;
- a head support;
- a tower;
- and
- an azimuth bearing supporting the head support rotatably on the tower, wherein the rotor bearing, the gearbox casing, and the generator casing are arranged between the hub and the head support, designed as load-transmitting components and joined to each other via screw connections.
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