IP Library Granted Patent US 11,761,429
Granted Patent B2
US 11,761,429 · App. 17/293,951 · Granted Sep 19, 2023

Slide bearing, in particular for a gearbox of a wind turbine

Inventors: Gunther Hager (Micheldorf, AT); Johannes Sebastian Hoelzl (Berg im Attergau, AT); Sigmar Dominic Josef Janisch (Laakirchen, AT)
Assignee: Miba Gleitlager Austria GmbH
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Patent No.
US 11,761,429
App. No.
17/293,951
Granted
Sep 19, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sliding bearing for a gearbox of a wind turbine, having a support body and a sliding layer which is applied on the support body, and on which a sliding surface is formed, wherein a lubricant distribution groove extending in an axial direction of the sliding surface is formed on the sliding surface. The support body is formed as a bush rolled from a support body strip, wherein a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end of the support body strip are connected to one another in a materially bonded manner, in particular by a welding connection, at a joint, wherein the joint is formed in the region of the lubricant distribution groove.

Claims (14)

1. A sliding bearing ( 22 ), in particular for a gearbox of a wind turbine, having a support body ( 27 ) and a sliding layer ( 30 ) which is applied on the support body ( 27 ), and on which a sliding surface ( 17 ) is formed, wherein a lubricant distribution groove ( 19 ) extending in an axial direction ( 31 ) of the sliding surface ( 17 ) is formed on the sliding surface ( 17 ), wherein the support body ( 27 ) is formed as a bush ( 35 ) rolled from a support body strip ( 32 ), wherein a first longitudinal end ( 33 ) and a second longitudinal end ( 34 ) of the support body strip ( 32 ) are connected to one another in a materially bonded manner, in particular by a welding connection, at a joint ( 23 ), wherein the joint ( 23 ) is formed in the region of the lubricant distribution groove ( 19 ).

2. The sliding bearing ( 22 ) according to claim 1 , wherein a lubricating oil bore ( 18 ) opens into the lubricant distribution groove ( 19 ).

3. The sliding bearing ( 22 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the sliding surface ( 17 ) is formed on an outer jacket surface ( 16 ) of the sliding bearing ( 22 ), wherein the lubricant distribution groove ( 19 ) is formed by a notch in the form of a flattening.

4. The sliding bearing ( 22 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the joint ( 23 ) comprises a clearance ( 24 ) across the entire axial extension ( 25 ) of the sliding bearing ( 22 ) and an axial extension ( 26 ) of the lubricant distribution groove ( 19 ) merely extends across a partial section of the axial extension ( 25 ) of the sliding bearing ( 22 ).

5. The sliding bearing ( 22 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the lubricant distribution groove ( 19 ) has a maximum depth ( 38 ) and the sliding layer ( 30 ) has a layer thickness ( 39 ), wherein the maximum depth ( 38 ) of the lubricant distribution groove ( 19 ) is equally large or smaller than the layer thickness ( 39 ) of the sliding layer ( 30 ).

6. The sliding bearing ( 22 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the clearance ( 24 ) has a maximum depth ( 41 ), wherein the maximum depth ( 41 ) of the clearance ( 24 ) is smaller than the maximum depth ( 38 ) of the lubricant distribution groove ( 19 ).

7. A planetary gearbox ( 1 ) for a wind turbine, having at least one sliding bearing ( 22 ), in particular a planetary gear radial sliding bearing ( 14 ), wherein the sliding bearing ( 22 ) is designed according to claim 1 .

8. A method for producing a sliding bearing ( 22 ), in particular for a gearbox of a wind turbine, wherein the sliding bearing ( 22 ) comprises a support body ( 27 ) and a sliding layer ( 30 ) which is applied on the support body ( 27 ), and on which a sliding surface ( 17 ) is formed, wherein a lubricant distribution groove ( 19 ) extending in an axial direction ( 31 ) is formed on the sliding surface ( 17 ), comprising the method steps:

providing a support body strip ( 32 ) having a first longitudinal end ( 33 ) and a second longitudinal end ( 34 );

rolling the support body strip ( 32 ) to a bush ( 35 ), which forms the support body ( 27 );

establishing a materially bonded connection of the first longitudinal end ( 33 ) and the second longitudinal end ( 34 ) of the support body strip ( 32 ) at a joint ( 23 );

inserting the lubricant distribution groove ( 19 ) into the sliding layer ( 30 ), wherein the lubricant distribution groove ( 19 ) is arranged at a location on the sliding bearing ( 22 ), at which the joint ( 23 ) is formed.

9. The method for producing a sliding bearing ( 22 ) according to claim 8 , wherein the sliding layer ( 30 ) or parts thereof is/are applied to the still flat support body strip ( 32 ), in particular that the sliding layer ( 30 ) is applied to the support body strip ( 32 ) by roll cladding.

10. The method for producing a sliding bearing ( 22 ) according to claim 8 , wherein the lubricant distribution groove ( 19 ) and/or the clearance ( 24 ) of the joint ( 23 ) is produced by mechanical processing, in particular by milling.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 14, 2021
From: HAGER, GUNTHER; HOELZL, JOHANNES SEBASTIAN; JANISCH, SIGMAR DOMINIC JOSEF
To: MIBA GLEITLAGER AUSTRIA GMBH
Reel/Frame 056238/0419 →
Priority Claims (1)
AT A 51109/2018 · Dec 13, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220003218A1 · Jan 6, 2022
Cited By (1)
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