Bearing Compression Strap
AssigneeInsight Analytics Solutions Holdings Limited
InventorsColin McNichols, Chad Phillip Glinsky, Ashley Crowther
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Abstract
A tensioning arrangement for a bearing ring, which introduces a compressive force towards a rotational centre of the bearing ring, to prevent the bearing ring distorting as a shaft supported by the bearing turns. The tensioner arrangement includes a strap and a tensioner. The strap has a connector at each end, and tensioner has an element for connecting to the connectors. The tensioner also has an element for applying tension to the strap. In use, the strap is arranged around the bearing ring and a circumferential length of the strap in contact with the bearing ring is reduced, thereby applying compressive force to the bearing ring.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a wind turbine blade pitch bearing comprising a bearing ring;
- and
- a tensioning arrangement for the bearing ring, the tensioning arrangement comprising:
- a mounting plate, and
- a strap arranged around the bearing ring, the strap comprising a first connector at a first end and a second connector at a second end, wherein the first connector is connected to the mounting plate and the second connector is connected to the mounting plate such that the strap is held in tension around the bearing ring.
An apparatus comprising:
- a wind turbine blade pitch bearing comprising a bearing ring;
- a tensioner secured to the bearing ring, the tensioner including a first portion having a first opening and a second portion having a second opening;
- and
- a strap comprising a rope, a first connector disposed on the rope at a first end, and a second connector disposed on the rope at a second end,
- wherein the first connector of the strap is received in the opening of the first portion of the tensioner, the second connector of the strap is received in the opening of the second portion of the tensioner, and the rope extends around the bearing ring such that the tensioner holds the strap in tension and applies a compressive force towards a rotational center of the bearing ring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.