Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gear assembly for a wind turbine gearbox having a flexible pin shaft and carrier
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Application No.: US16431920Application Date: 2019-06-05
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Publication No.: US10682705B2Publication Date: 2020-06-16
- Inventor: Jacob Johannes Nies
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: F16H1/28
- IPC: F16H1/28 ; B22F5/08 ; F03D15/00 ; F16H57/04 ; B33Y80/00 ; B33Y10/00

Abstract:
A carrier and at least one pin shaft of a gearbox of a wind turbine and method of manufacturing same includes forming the carrier and the pin shaft(s) as a single part or separate components. Further, the method includes forming one or more voids in the pin shaft(s) and/or the carrier via additive manufacturing. As such, the void(s) is configured to increase flexibility of the pin shaft(s)/carrier so as to improve a load distribution thereof.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190321892A1 Gear Assembly for a Wind Turbine Gearbox Having a Flexible Pin Shaft and Carrier Public/Granted day:2019-10-24
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