US 2026/0146589 A1 · YAW-BEARING GREASE TRAY

Abstract

A yaw-bearing grease tray for a wind turbine. The yaw-bearing grease tray includes an arcuate flat band portion with an inner arcuate sidewall, an outer arcuate sidewall, a first end wall and a second end wall which are perpendicular and disposed on the arcuate flat band portion. The yaw-bearing grease tray includes a ledge formed on the first end wall to be substantially parallel to the arcuate flat band portion and a step formed at the second end wall to be substantially parallel to the arcuate flat band portion. A plurality of magnets are disposed on the arcuate flat band portion to magnetically couple with yaw-bearing bolts and yaw-bearing nuts. In one example, the yaw-bearing grease tray is translucent. In another example, a field replaceable absorbent material is sized to fit within the arcuate flat band portion.

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Dependent claims

A yaw-bearing grease tray comprising:

an arcuate flat band portion with an inner arcuate sidewall, an outer arcuate sidewall, a first end wall, and a second end wall perpendicularly disposed on the arcuate flat band portion, with a ledge on the first end wall and a step at the second end wall, each of the ledge and the step are substantially parallel to the arcuate flat band portion;
and
a plurality of magnets are disposed on the arcuate flat band portion.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Yaw-bearing grease tray

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