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US 12,196,184 · App. 17/295,174 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Nacelle for a wind turbine

Inventor: Johannes Sebastian Hoelzl (Berg im Attergau, AT)
Assignee: Miba Gleitlager Austria GmbH
F03D80/70F16C17/105F16C33/1045F16C33/1085F16C33/74F05B2240/50F05B2240/57F05B2260/98F16C2360/31
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Patent No.
US 12,196,184
App. No.
17/295,174
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A nacelle for a wind turbine includes: a nacelle housing; a rotor hub; and a rotor bearing for bearing the rotor hub on the nacelle housing, wherein the rotor bearing has at least one inner ring element and at least one outer ring element, wherein at least one oil-lubricated sliding bearing element is formed between the inner ring element and the outer ring element. In the nacelle housing and/or in the rotor hub, a lubricating oil sump is formed in such a manner for receiving a lubricating oil for the sliding bearing element. The lubricating oil sump can be filled with lubricating oil up to a lubricating oil level, wherein at least a section of the rotor bearing is arranged in the lubricating oil sump vertically below the lubricating oil level.

Claims (43)

1. A nacelle for a wind turbine, the nacelle comprising:

a nacelle housing;

a rotor hub;

a rotor bearing for bearing the rotor hub on the nacelle housing,

wherein the rotor bearing has at least one inner ring element and at least one outer ring element,

wherein at least one oil-lubricated sliding bearing element is formed between the inner ring element and the outer ring element,

wherein in the nacelle housing and/or in the rotor hub, a lubricating oil sump for receiving a lubricating oil for the sliding bearing element is formed such that the lubricating oil sump can be filled with lubricating oil up to a lubricating oil level,

wherein at least a section of the rotor bearing is arranged in the lubricating oil sump vertically below the lubricating oil level,

wherein the inner ring element is coupled with the rotor hub and wherein the at least one sliding bearing element is fastened to the inner ring element and is rotatable relative to the outer ring element,

wherein a sliding surface is formed between the sliding bearing element and the outer ring element, and

wherein at least one lubricating oil bore is arranged in the outer ring element, which lubricating oil bore, at a first end, opens into the sliding surface and at a second end opens into the lubricating oil sump.

2. The nacelle according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one sliding bearing element is designed as a hydrodynamic sliding bearing, which can be lubricated without a pressure-increasing device.

3. The nacelle according to claim 1 , wherein at least one lubricating oil bore is arranged in the inner ring element and/or in the outer ring element, which lubricating oil bore opens directly into the lubricating oil sump.

4. The nacelle according to claim 1 , wherein a sealing element is formed between the nacelle housing and the rotor hub and/or between the nacelle housing and a rotor shaft.

5. The nacelle according to claim 4 , wherein the lubricating oil level is selected at such a height that the sealing element is situated above the lubricating oil level.

6. The nacelle according to claim 1 , wherein the lubricating oil sump is formed entirely in the nacelle housing, wherein the nacelle housing is designed so as to be partible in the region of the lubricating oil sump.

7. The nacelle according to claim 6 , wherein the nacelle housing has a main part of the housing and a lubricating oil sump lid.

8. The nacelle according to claim 1 , wherein a flow channel being circumferential at least in some sections is formed in the outer ring element, which flow channel tapers off in the shape of a wedge gap and into which the at least one lubricating oil bore opens.

9. The nacelle according to claim 8 , wherein the at least one lubricating bore comprises multiple lubricating oil bores formed to be distributed across the circumference of the outer ring element, the multiple lubricating oil bores opening into the flow channel.

10. The nacelle according to claim 1 , wherein the lubricating oil level is selected at such a height, that at their lowest-situated cross-section, the sliding surfaces of the rotor bearing are situated entirely below the lubricating oil level.

11. The nacelle according to claim 1 , wherein the sliding bearing element comprises multiple individual sliding bearing pads, which are arranged distributed across the circumference.

12. The nacelle according to claim 11 , wherein the sliding bearing pads are each fastened to the inner ring element or outer ring element by means of at least one fastener.

13. The nacelle according to claim 1 , wherein the sliding bearing element comprises a polymer layer, wherein the polymer layer comprises solid lubricant particles and metal oxide particles and as a polymer only a polyimide polymer or a polyamide-imide polymer or a mixture thereof, wherein the metal oxide particles are selected from a group comprising bismuth vanadates, chromium-antimony-rutile and mixtures thereof.

14. A nacelle for a wind turbine, the nacelle comprising:

a nacelle housing;

a rotor hub;

a rotor bearing for bearing the rotor hub on the nacelle housing,

wherein the rotor bearing has at least one inner ring element and at least one outer ring element,

wherein at least one oil-lubricated sliding bearing element is formed between the inner ring element and the outer ring element,

wherein in the nacelle housing and/or in the rotor hub, a lubricating oil sump for receiving a lubricating oil for the sliding bearing element is formed such that the lubricating oil sump can be filled with lubricating oil up to a lubricating oil level,

wherein at least a section of the rotor bearing is arranged in the lubricating oil sump vertically below the lubricating oil level,

wherein the lubricating oil sump is formed entirely in the nacelle housing, and

wherein the nacelle housing is designed so as to be partible in the region of the lubricating oil sump.

15. A nacelle for a wind turbine, the nacelle comprising:

a nacelle housing;

a rotor hub; and

a rotor bearing for bearing the rotor hub on the nacelle housing,

wherein the rotor bearing has at least one inner ring element and at least one outer ring element,

wherein at least one oil-lubricated sliding bearing element is formed between the inner ring element and the outer ring element,

wherein in the rotor hub, a lubricating oil sump for receiving a lubricating oil for the sliding bearing element is formed such that the lubricating oil sump can be filled with lubricating oil up to a lubricating oil level,

wherein at least a section of the rotor bearing is arranged in the lubricating oil sump vertically below the lubricating oil level,

wherein a sliding surface is formed between the sliding bearing element and the outer ring element, and

wherein the sliding surface is immersed in the lubricating oil sump at least in some sections.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2024
From: HOELZL, JOHANNES SEBASTIAN
To: MIBA GLEITLAGER AUSTRIA GMBH
Reel/Frame 069492/0613 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2021
From: HOELZL, JOHANNES SEBASTIAN
To: MIBA GLEITLAGER AUSTRIA GMBH
Reel/Frame 056288/0510 →
Priority Claims (1)
AT A 51112/2018 · Dec 13, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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