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US 2019/0170115 A1Published application
Wind turbine rotary connection, rotor blade, and wind turbine comprising same
AssigneeWobben Properties GmbH
InventorSamer MTAUWEG
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Abstract
A wind power installation rotary connection, in particular a blade bearing or azimuth rotary connection, wherein the rotary connection is in the form of a plain bearing assembly, comprising an inner ring having a number of first plain bearing surfaces, an outer ring having a number of second plain bearing surfaces which are respectively associated with one of the first plain bearing surfaces as a plain bearing surface partner, and wherein the plain bearing assembly is in the form of a dry-running plain bearing assembly.
Claims19
A wind power installation comprising:
- a rotor hub;
- a rotor blade coupled to the rotor hub by a rotary connection, wherein the rotary connection is a dry-running plain bearing assembly, the rotary connection comprising:
- an inner ring having one or more first plain bearing surfaces;
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- an outer ring having one or more second plain bearing surfaces, each of the one or more second plain bearing surfaces being associated with a respective one of the one or more first plain bearing surfaces to form a plain bearing surface partner,
- wherein at least one of the one or more second plain bearing surfaces include a fiber composite material, and
- wherein the outer ring includes a first body portion that is integral with the rotor blade and a second body portion, the second body portion being coupled to the first body portion.
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