MUMBAI, India, July 25 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202537065992 A) filed by Thyssenkrupp Rothe Erde Germany Gmbh; and Thyssenkrupp Ag, Dortmund, Germany, on July 10, for 'bearing unit and wind turbine having a bearing unit.'
Inventor(s) include Becker, Daniel; Neidnicht, Martin; Burtchen, Marco; and Trede, Alf.
The application for the patent was published on July 25, under issue no. 30/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention relates to a bearing unit (1) for attaching a rotor blade to a hub (150) of a wind turbine, the unit comprising: a first bearing ring (2) for attachment to the hub (150); a second bearing ring (4) for attachment to the rotor blade; at least one row of rolling bodies (7, 8); and an adjustment drive (9) for adjusting the angle of the two bearing rings (2, 4) relative to one another; wherein the first bearing ring (2) is formed in one piece with a rotor hub extension (10) which extends on the hub side in the axial direction (A) beyond the second bearing ring (4), wherein the adjustment drive (9) comprises at least one electric adjustment motor (11) and a shaft (12) which is driven by the adjustment motor (11) and has a drive pinion (13) which meshes with toothing (14) formed on the inside of the first bearing ring (2), wherein the adjustment motor (11) is arranged on the blade side on a reinforcing plate (15) mounted on the second bearing ring (4) and the shaft (12) extends through an eccentrically arranged recess (16) in the reinforcing plate (15). The invention also relates to a wind turbine having such a bearing unit."
The patent application was internationally filed on Feb. 13, 2024, under International application No.PCT/EP2024/053604.
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