Bearing element for supporting the rotor hub of a wind turbine
AssigneeMiba Gleitlager Austria GmbH
InventorsAlexander Kari, Christian Forstner
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Abstract
The invention relates to a bearing element (7) for supporting the rotor hub (4) of a wind turbine (1), comprising at least one inner ring element (10, 40) and at least one outer ring element (11, 41), wherein a plain bearing is formed between the inner ring element (10, 40) and the outer ring element (11, 41), and wherein the plain bearing is formed by at least two plain bearings (8, 9, 38, 39) arranged at an axial distance (44) from one other.
Claims15
A bearing element for supporting the rotor hub of a wind turbine with at least one inner ring element and at least one outer ring element, and with a plain bearing being formed between the inner ring element and the outer ring element, which is formed by at least two plain bearings arranged at an axial distance from one another, at least one of the plain bearings being formed respectively by plain bearing pads arranged next to one another in circumferential direction, wherein the outer ring element comprises grooves on the surface facing the plain bearing pads and the plain bearing pads are partly arranged in said grooves, wherein the plain bearing pads are secured to a detachable securing element on the outer ring element, and wherein two plain bearing pads arranged next to one another in an axial direction are fixed by a common securing element to the outer ring element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.